{"id":2719,"date":"2020-09-09T08:03:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T15:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2020-08-09T20:22:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T03:22:31","slug":"470-mask-of-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/470-mask-of-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"470 – Mask of Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A panel from “Mask of Horror” from Vault of Horror #18, January 1951<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Vault of Horror #18 (January 1951) includes the story “Mask of Horror”. A story about masks, what they hide, what they do to us inside. It is very reminiscent of The Masks, an episode of the Twilight Zone that aired 13 years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After being rejected by his cold, cheating fiance, Ken buys a zombie costume and mask from a costume shop for a masquerade ball. He meets someone who has bought an ugly vampire’s mask from the same shop and they start to fall in love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another panel from “Mask of Horror”, January 1951<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After the dance, they decide to go out into the courtyard to reveal their faces. It turns out the she is now a fiend herself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yet another panel from “Mask of Horror”, January 1951<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

After a struggle, Ken manages to drown the vampire girl, losing his own mask in the process to find that his face has been changed…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The final panel from “Mask of Horror”, January 1951<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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