Tower of Shadows 1969 #1 - back issue - $12.00
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.
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.
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.
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
- At the Stroke of Midnight! - 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.
- From Beyond the Brink! - 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.
- A Time to Die! - Hosted by the Digger.
- Batty Bulletins to Bewilder, Bewitch, and Bedazzle You! - Items; Stan's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist
- - promo for Chamber of Darkness #1 utilizing the image of Digger from the splash of "A Time to Die!"
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