Scariest Comic Book Moments
Scenes you might thrill at every reading, or just skip the pages of altogether. BOO!
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"I saw the Devil." (shudder) Yeeesh, Richard Corben, I knew you had it in you but still.
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Purple Man fights dirty with a horrible sight to wake up next to.
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The first appearance of that... demon baby. Ugh.
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Carnage shows someone what really goes on in his filthy brain.
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Joker's funhouse of torture. "Don't eeever get mad!"
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Reality and sanity unravels in the name of Dr. Destiny.
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The infamous story, Foul Play, which made even its creators cringe.
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Jenifer, expertly illustrated by Bernie Wrightson.
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Cottonmouth, a disgusting tale of revenge that caused the comic some trouble.
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Shut-In, also adapted into an equally effective short film.
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The Bully, a story grounded in disturbing reality.
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Library of Illusions. Serious, Hellskin freaked me the hell out.
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Not so much Gyo itself, but the famous bonus story, Enigma of Amigara Fault.
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Um... I can't decide yet, there's so much to choose from.
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The Braille Encyclopedia.
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Much like a slasher movie, he just keeps coming back!
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The startling fourth wall break.
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The first sighting of the ostracized teens. "Guh uhweeh..."
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Three words: wicker Sue Dibney
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The mindless drone cornering a child.
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In Deep
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A distant stranger menacing the Wallace Expedition.
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His Face All Red
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The surreal and schizoid Al Columbia's story Amnesia.
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The Upturned Stone, a great story. My pick for scariest scene was the dream of the young victim.
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A Frog is a Frog, another chilling story in a natural setting.
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Black Mask earns his place on my Disturbing Characters list.
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The sad outcome of this world's Hulk.
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Basically a scene which encompasses just how awful the Ultimate universe ended up being: Blob eats Wasp.
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Mr. Hyde lets the punishment fit the crime... and Captain Nemo finds out the one way an Invisible Man can become seen.
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A murder that kickstarted the term "fridging".
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A beginning that will affect how you think of trees.
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There are dogs in this series. Make of that what you will.
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The Mary Kelly murder.
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Agent Corrigan encounters her first ghost.
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Also counts as one of the series' most heartbreaking moments: Abigale realizes the awful truth about Matt.
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Hershell loses his daughters... and finds them again.
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Bushman becomes a twisted offering to Khonshu.
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The well ghost.
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I could've done without the kids with the telltale signs of rape, thank you very much. Fuck you.
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The ROT.
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God's Bosom
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Scarecrow actually being scary. Dragging that pitchfork... SCRAAAPE SCRAAAPE
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The death of Jesse's parents.
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Bonus pick because the corpse skewered on the old rabbit ears tv set was a visual I happened across as a kid. Nowadays, eh. Bastard had it comin'.
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The slashing and gang rape of Safa.
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