• Genre:horror-suspense

Synopsis:

A weak-willed man is convinced by his overbearing wife to kill his uncle so they can inherit his home, a creepy mansion on the top of a hill. While ransacking his home looking for his fortune, they are mysteriously transported to 18th-century France during the French Revolution to be beheaded, as they are mistaken for rich royalty.

Awards:

• Alley Awards - Best Feature Story (1969)

Reprints (14)

• in El Enterrador (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1970 series) #1 (31 de enero de 1970)
• in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Bonanza, 1971 series) (1971)
• in Comix: A History of Comic Books in America (Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971 series) (1971)
• in Hallucinations (Arédit-Artima, 1969 series) #29 (1973) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (October 1973) [black and white]
which is reprinted
• in Vampire Tales (Yaffa / Page, 1977 series) #2 (1979)
• in Vampire Tales (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in L'Écho des Savanes Spécial U.S.A. (Editions du Fromage, 1976 series) #4
• in Tales of Terror (Portman Distribution, 1978 series) #2 (1978)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #66 (3ème trimestre 1979) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Marvel Superheroes and the Occult Winter Special (Marvel UK, 1980 series) ([November] 1980)
• in 3ª Geração (RGE, 1981 series) #2 (Agosto de 1981)
• in Captain America Special Edition (Marvel, 1984 series) #1 (February 1984)
• in Inferno (Marvel Italia, 1996 series) #4 (Giugno 1997)
• in Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko (Marvel, 2002 series) ([September] 2002)
• in Lost Marvels (Fantagraphics, 2025 series) #1 - Tower of Shadows (February 2025), #1 - Tower of Shadows (February 2025) [page 7, panel 5], #1 - Tower of Shadows (February 2025) [page 1, panel 2], #1 - Tower of Shadows (February 2025) [page 1, panel 1], #1 - Tower of Shadows (February 2025) [page 7, panel 2, different color], #1 - Tower of Shadows (February 2025) [page 2, panels 1-3]

Hosted by the Digger, a creepy looking gravedigger.

The Uncle had dabbled in the black arts and had mastered the ability to alter time, which is why they find themselves transported into the past. He is seen beckoning them at the gallows.

Cover story.

• Genre:horror-suspense

Synopsis:

An author is writing a book about Hayden Hathaway, a skeptic who has an obsession like madness with debunking mediums. He finally finds a medium that is legit and his madness comes to an end. You see Hathaway is really a ghost and was looking for a medium to help him cross over to the other side.

Reprints (5)

• in El Enterrador (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1970 series) #1 (31 de enero de 1970)
• in Tower of Shadows [Special] (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (December 1971)
• in Dracula (Svenska serier, 1972 series) #2/[1972] ([23 augusti 1972])
• in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #8 ([April 1973])
• in Lost Marvels (Fantagraphics, 2025 series) #1 - Tower of Shadows (February 2025)

Hosted by the Digger. His appearance changes from the previous story and is used as the corner box art for the series.

John Romita greatly altered the art throughout. Per Jeff Clem, via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5453), the Romita credit is cited in the letters page of Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #4.

• Genre:horror-suspense

Synopsis:

An old scientist is obsessed with creating an elixir that will give him eternal life. He extracts material from a Redwood tree which is known to live for thousands of years to complete the elixir. However his mute assistant kills him and drinks the elixir himself. This causes him to literally turn into a tree man who will live for thousands of years rooted to the ground.

Reprints (5)

• in El Enterrador (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1970 series) #1 (31 de enero de 1970)
• in Tower of Shadows [Special] (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (December 1971)
• in Dracula (Svenska serier, 1972 series) #1/[1972] (1972)
• in Super Giant (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #[nn] ([1973] ?)
• in Lost Marvels (Fantagraphics, 2025 series) #1 - Tower of Shadows (February 2025)

Hosted by the Digger.