Chamber of Darkness 1969 #7 - reader copy - $7.00

An artist creates a mask based on the face of an ancient sorceror. He robs a mansion wearing this mask, but his face has transformed to match it.

A thug ventures to the Himalayas with the intention of capturing the Abominable Snowman for profit but is frustrated in his attempts of getting the locals to refer him to the creature he has in a photograph. They all tell him to discard the photograph as it is cursed. He plods through the mountains for weeks unable to locate any trace, until his mind is addled, and he drops the photograph which is now a reasonable resemblance of what he has become.

On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

• Night of the Gargoyle! - Marie Severin provided a basic breakdown/layout, which Bernie Wrightson used to produce the final cover. https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/miscellaneous/marie-severin-chamber-of-darkness-7-cover-preliminary-original-art-marvel-1970-/p/322435-43008.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515
• Gargoyle Every Night - Wrightson coloring revealed in the December dated Bullpen Bulletins pages (incorrectly attributed as appearing in Tower of Shadows #8). Info per Nick Caputo October 2014.
• I Found the Abominable Snowman! - Narrated in the first person. This is a retelling of "I Captured the Abominable Snowman!" drawn by Steve Ditko in Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) #1 (December 1958).
• - Includes letters from Mike Menard, Ed Newsome, and Henry Vester, artwork from a previous issue and a house ad for Spoof # 1.