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WARREN PUBLISHING COMPANY145 E.32nd Street
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© 1972. BURU LAN ED1C10NES/WARREN PUBLISHING CO.
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Anonlma be Edlelonea'i San Sebaatlan.
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James Warren, F-resldent,
145 E. 32nd Street
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Printed In Spain. D. L NA. 1366-1970
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CONTENTS
WOLFF1
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The Path of the Dead 1
2. The World of the Witches 21
3. The Sorceress of the Red Mist 41
4. The Night of the Werewolf 61
5. The Lady of the Wolves .' 81
6. The Manuscript of Rep-Tali 101
SIR LEO1
.
The Thing from the Lake 6
2. The End of a Legend 26
AGAR AGAR1
.
Rendez vous with Aquarius 11
2. The Village in the Sea 31
3. The Harem of Bacchus Ill
FEAR, SWEET. FEAR
1
.
Eleonor 16
2. Krazy 36
3. Eloise 56
4. Alice 76
5. Karen 96
6. Squadron-Leader Braddock 116
A WEIRD WORLD
1. The Snake 51
2. The Mummy 66
3. Invasion 86
4. TheViyi ". 91
5. The Messenger 106
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WOLFFThe Path
ofthe Dead
/ArtEC. THE "DAY OP DOOM" MANKIND CAME TO A NEW ERaTN" YESTERDAY'S WORLDHAD DESTROYED nSELF WrTH APATWV.
THOSE FEW LEFT AUVE WERE TOUGH'THEY KAO TO &E.THE CHANGE HAD &EEN SOTOTALTHAT A WHOLE NEW RANGI
OF EVILS HAD TO BE FACED. MAGiC.SOCCERy ANDNECROMANTIC EVIL WERE ROUTINE HORGORS.MYTH BECAMEINCARNATE AND REALrTY BROKETHE BOUNDS OF THE MOSTFEVEGED MIND. WOLFF WAS ONE OFTHE CHILDREN WHO Htf>
SURVIVED THAT 'DM' AND WHO SURVIVED THE NIGHTMARE ETHOS
TO BECOME A LEADER OF MEN.THE NEW WORLD HAD NEW HOeeoCS.
•BUT fT ALSO HAD UNEXPECTED PLEASURES. HE LQVEO WfTH
WOMEN OF UNNATURAL BEAUTY AND HE FOUGHT IN ATHOUSANDBLDOOy AND SAVAGE BATTLES TO PROVE HI5 RIGHT to UPE.INTHE
WOfiLD OF TOMoGGOW.THEEE WAS NO MAN.OR WOMAN, WHO^COOLO MATCH WOLFF fog. STRENGTH AND CONNING. ^
V^XFF WAS HOME-THROOGH DAVS OF HARD-SHIP HE HAD SEARCHED FAG FOR FOOD.HIS PEOPLE RELIED ON His SKILLTO BRINGTHEM MEAT IN A LAND RAVAGED BYFAMINE. WHY WASTHEGE NO-ONETOGREET HiM^ NO SOONO BROKE THE SILENCE
OF DEATH". ONE MAN WAS LEFT ALIVE-ONEOLDjOLD MAN WITH HIS TALE OF TRAGEDY.
,S POOR NIGHTS ^<1|Or SINCE.THE WITCHES S/ CAME, BRINGING DEATH «f TO OOR- VALLEY.THEy SOUGHT \t»fc.'«1 NEW BLOOD AND THEy TOOK mmwi\ ONLY THE YOUNGEST AND THE wrWw\ MOST FAIR.WOLFF, l-!-<aAZED A u%\ INTO THE VERy MAW OF HELLM\ rfSELF.THEY ARE GONF ^SJ^-ALL GONE . ^Hfc*
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WOLFFS HOWL OF MENTAL AGONVINTERRUPTED THE OLD MAN ANDSWiRLEO ANO ECHOED ROONDTHE NARGOW VALLEY.
^>AMN THElG IMMOCTAtN., AS I MY SWORD WILL NOT \SLEEP LONG IN HS SHEATH. \
AND My WIFE ANDTHE CHIL- )DREN % BROMA i J
TV^E OLD MAN SAT ANDWATTED PATIENTLY FORTHE GIANT WARRIOR'SGfilEF TO TEAR mSELFDOWN. THEN HE WENTON..
fr WAS THEIR SORCEROOS SKILLS THAT BEAT OS.
VCO^WARRlORS FOOGHT BCTTHEIC.STEEL WAS NODEFENCE FOCTHEWrTCHES' ACTS.THEy FELL,WOLFF ALL FELL^THE WOMEN AND,AND BROMAT^VTOCTHEM ALL, WOLFF. BCOMA WEMT WfTH
THE OTHERS.THEy ^AD NO CHANCE.
To SEEK HIS EVIL ADVERSARIES,WOLFF RAN THGOOQM N1QHTSAND 8ETWEEN SHADOWS IN AWORLD OF CHILLING ONREALITY.BROMA'S IMPLORING VOICEDROVE HIM ON AND HISHONTINQ SKILLS QOlOED HIMFORWARD-
MONSTROOS
HOLDING MIS 6CEATHA&AiNST THE CHARNEL5TENCH,WOLFFENTERED THEANCIENTTEMPLE.
.NLV, HE SENSED AFCIQHTFGL REND TGEADINQSOFTLY 6EHIND HIM.
THE KEEN SWORD HISSED THROUGH THE RANKAIR AND, AT THE LAST MOMENT, SLICED THEMONSTEG'S HEAD CLEAN FGOM ITS SHOOLDEGS.TO WOLFF'S NOGGoe.THE HEAD UVED ON-POSSESSED OF A FEAGFOL DEMONIC LIFEOF ITS OWN.
Hoeeoes of the damnedi the head of the de-mon BEGAN TO CHANGE INTO THE FACE OF A BEAU-TIFUL W0MAN.THEN,ANDONLy THEN.DlD WOLFFCOMPREHEND THE POLL POWER OF HIS ENEMIES.WHATCHANCE DID HE HAVE AGAINST THE SHADES Of DEATH?
To CHALLENGE THE UNKNOWN, ENGLANDPCODOCED A GACE OF EXPLOR££S AND flOElt
TOO WHO WOOLD WRESTLE WITH THE DEVJL
ANO CONSIDER THE 6AME WELL LOST |F
KNOWLEDGE ADVANCED &Y J05T A FEW 5TEP5.
50CH A MAN WAS SlfE LEO WOOLD2lCH,HEie0f
A NOBLE FAMILY WHO 2EJECTED SOCIAL fOSI-
TIONAND MILITARY UOWORS TO DEDICATE
HIMSELF TO CHALLENGING THE MVSTEPJES OF
THE KNOWN ANDONKNOWN WOflLO.ASTHE
CENTOW NEAKED OS END,HET£AVT:LLE0THE
&ID6E SEEKING OUT THE BOWSE ANDTHE ONEY.-
PLAINED.
EVEG. SINCE THE EARLIEST 0AV5 O* MANKlNO,THE BLACKLAKE HAS BEEN A PLACE ACCOGSED.OOG ANCESTORS,MAyTHE HOLY MOTHER FORGIVE THEM, OSED TOTORTORE THEIR ENEMIES INTHE MOST APPALLINGWAYS AND THEN COMMIT THEIR MAIMED BODIES TOTHE DENIZEN OF THE LAKE. IT IS ALMOST ASTHOOGH THE LAKE MAS BECOME OSED TO rTSTRIBUTE OP SUFFERING AND CANNOT UVEWITHOUT rr.
KmySlR LEO! I SHOULD NEVEt^^gOpSjSJ &*& WJ5BeS»MTJKWHAVE LET yOG PERSUADE ^XKS V. M^J'V&tik J;C&&fl£^i $
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^estk. ^H ME TO MAKE THIS HAkh-bRAII«$H ,'illlSW £WI&*£bLs $W j\WB ED VlSfT TO THE LAKE. [T'S \ | Mfv ^K^fej fe^W^&fJ
AT ITS MOST DANGEROUS AT 1/ BMSf &21kJvl3lHvi#KlfapTHIS TIME WHEN THAT MIASMS1M ^Hif US^TOMtt^f/gM*? 1
1 HAZE CREEPS FROM X^ pfflKgS K£ ^SRBB^3§>5?!
V^niITS SORFACE. IT'S JSire^KP^l 1«% ^fflW^t-% TOO QOIET. BRADLEY, JKH 'toLW TWCTllW /sv what was a&j \\\ J&V xSswMMb MP*Y THAT % /'WW ^M %|V^ ^ -^ ,- g Jffr 3^^^HgKS^i: rTcANT see'a^. WfWLwrnM
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Ar THAT VEGV MOMEMT^THE AlG ITSELF GREWST1LL.THEN CAME A MOIST BREEZE WHICH JJOSTSTIftGED THE LEAVES AGOOND THEIR FEET.THEN THERE WAS STILLNESS AGAIN. &OTTHISTIME IT WAS DIFFERENT. IT WAS THE QOIETTHAT PRECEDES AN ATTACK. THEy COOLD AL-MOST SENSE SOMETHING WAITING.TEMPUETONAND SlG LEO SHONE THElG TOGCHE5 THROOGHTHE GLOOM. 6GADLEV,THEIGGOiDE, WAS TOO TEGRh
TVlE ANCESTORS OF SlG LEO HAD FOOGHTIN INDIA AND IN ANCIENT TlBET.CGOSSEOSWOGOS WITH THE DEVIL" WARRIORS OFGENGHIS KHAN. 8ATTLED FOG- THE QGAILIN THE HOLy LAND. BOTTHISi THIS WASAN ENEMy NONE OF THEM COOLD EVERAVE. ENCOONTERED.THIS WAS POGEORROGi
I T*E SILENCE WAS BROKEN BY A HIDEOOS ROARI AND THE CREATURE GEARED OOT OF THE DARKI WATERS, COVERED IN SCALES AND MONS-I TROOSLV VILE. AS ITS FOETID 8GEATH REACHEDI OOTTO HIM SIR LEO SAW.WITH A MOMENT OFI STARK TERROG,THAT THE THING HAD THEEYES OF A MAN I
^HM
fr IS NOT DIFFICOLT FOG. MORTALMAN TO FACE AN ADVERSARY OFFLESH AND 6LOOD.ONE ONLY NEEDSORDINARY COOGAQE PLOS INTELU6ENCE
AND A LITTLE SKILL IN FIGHTING.THIS TIME,SlG LEO NEEDED ALLTHOSE AS WELL AS LOCK.THIS WASAN OPPONENT FROM HADES.
The thing from theLAKE CONTINUED ITS INK- t-^-v
OeA&LEjSLQftbEClNQ ~*7VAPPROACH TOWARDSTHEM.
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AGAINST THIS VISION OF MADNESS,THIS CREA"TORE FROM 5EVONO TIME AND SPACE, SiG.
LEO WOOLDGlCH STOOD ALONE,ARMED ONLYWITH A HAND QON. A SPLENDID PIECE OFNINETEENTH CENTORV ENGINEERING THAT HEKNEW SHOOLD 5TOP ANV CREATORE LIVING. VETHIS SHOTS HIT NOTHING. WAS IT REALLYPOSSIBLE? COOLO A LEAO 60LLET DESTROY ALEGEND OF THE PAST
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FftOM THE ENER-GY QENECATEO6V K*DHC,EVEftYINHABITANT OF XANADU
MAS MEN A8LETOKEEP HI5 MAQICWNECS THROUGH THE"
EONS. POWERS WHICHCAN 6E TRANSMITTEDTHGQOQH MAGIC ,
STAFFS.
WOLFFThe World
of the Witches
mfouFF, MIGHTIEST OF WAGClOGS,REALISED THATTHE ENEMIES WHO HAD STOLEN HIS BELOVEDWIPE, B£OMA,WEKE NOTOF THIS WOGLD. PER-HAPS NOT EVEN HIS GREAT STRENGTH WOJLDAVAIL. HIM AGAINST H"S UNEARTHLY FOES.THEWITCHES. POSSESSEO POWEC ANO KNOWLEDGEFAR BEVONO THAT OF ANV MORTAL MAN .THEyCOOLO EVEN INFLUENCE. HIS THOOGHTS,.
Beto«e his amazed qaze.thece APPEALEDA HOQE BlCD, BIDDEN BV A BEACJTIFOLWOMAN W1ELO'f*3 A LONGWHIP.
The sorcegess of the bed mistJ her beautyHAD LORED MEN TO AN AGONISING ANDLONELyDEATH FOG COUNTLESS AG.ES.TWE SORCEGESSOP THE GEO MiSTJ NOW THE POWER OF HEG TEGGHBLE LOVE HAD ATTRACTED WOLFF Ar4D SAVED HIMFROM A VILE DEATH By THE WHIP AND NOW DRAGGEDHIM TOWARDS HER FORMER OWN SATANC PASSION.
SirLeoThe Endof a Legend
SiC LEO FIQED AGAIN ANDAGAIN AT THE MONSTERF£OW THE MOCKY DEPTHSOF THE BLACK LAKE. THECGEATOOE KEPT CHANGINGITS SHAPE MAKING IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IT ANYHAQ.M. FINALLY, HE CANOUT OF BULLETS.
TemPLETON.THE 1NN-KEEPEGJS A MANFAMIL1AP. WITH EV1L.THE GOIDE-BCADLEY,IS REPUTED TO HAVE KILLED HIS FIKST
WIPE. BOTH MEN TCEWBLE WrTH A PANICFEAP-. IF IT HAD BEEN A CREATURE OFFLESH AND 6LOOD,THEY COULD HAVEFACED IT. BUT THIS. ..THIS THING FROMTHE EDGES OF THE WORLD.THISAGE-OLD BEINQi
By THE FIRST LIGHT OF DAWN THE THREE MENWEQE SAFE BACK IN THE TOWN, n" WASBARELY AN HOUR LATER. THAT A GROUP OFWORKMEN FOUND A NEW AND HIDEOOSLy -
OlSFiGORED CORPSE BY THE BLACK LAKE.
...ALL OFTHEMWERE EVIL IN SOMEWAY. EVEN THE LfTTLE BOY WHOSEGREAT PLEASURE WAS TO TORTURE THOSEWEAKEG AND SMALLER. THAN HIMSELF. ANDTHE OTHERS^ ABNORMAL - PERVERTED MENAND WOMEN. PEOPLE WHO SHUNNED GOD'SQOOD SON LIGHT AND WENT ABOUT THEIR LIVESBEHIND DRAWN CURTAINS. NOW-THE THING HADCLAIMED THE INN-KEEPER.-TEMPLETON.THEMAN OF FEAR I
AS EVENING SLUNK INTO THE TOWNTHE PEOPLE BEGAN TO BAR ANDLOCK THEIR. HOUSES. AS NIGHTDAGKENED-THE PLACE WAS ONOECA SIEGE. BUT WHAT WAS THEBESIEQEO •?
T^AT POOL MASS OF POTP-EFACTION THAT DWELTIN THE BLACK LAKE. fT COO1-0 ONLV EXIST BYFEEDING ON THE EVIL SOOLS ANOTHENTHEEVIL BODIES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN.WOGTHy OF THE VILEST NKSHTMACE OF POE,IT WAS A HOMAN CREATION . SlG LEOCONSOLTED TWO OF HIS FG1ENDS_PGOFESSO££HAINlNG. AND OAMES, BOTH EXPEPTS IN THEFORBIDDEN ARTS OF DEMONOLOey,TOTRVAND FIND THE TGOTH.
Agar-AgarThe Villagein the Sea
_. „ ISRKWiON THE SURFACE ATANK-EE. CARRYING A FOLL LOAD OF OIL HASGONE fiGSODHD ANDTHE CARGO HAS RUN
INTO THE OCEAN.TO AVOID POLLUTING BEA"
CHES.THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CJSINO,
WILD DOSES OF DETERGENT .THEY AVOID ONETYPE OF POLLUTION ANO MAKE A WORSE ONE
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I MOSTSAy. I GEALLV DON'T QOITE.J SEE TH1STHIN<3 VOO W\VE. FOG.
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Wolff foond himself befogetheGATES OF A DESECTED Crry.GAVAQEO6y WIND AND SAND. HE MOONTEO "MEHOKSE HE FOONO WArTINQ FOft HIM.
A5 HE DISAPPEARED OVERTHE BROW OFTHE HILL,THEGE WAS A SURGING,IN THE VEG.ETA.TlON.CHANGING ITS OOLOUGTO AVOlO BEING SEEN*THE NAMELESSCQ.EATOOE BEGAN TOCREEP AFTER THEGPRIGHT FlGORE OPTHE FEARLESSBAC6AGIAN.
As THE QRiP TIGHTENED ANDTHE BLOOD ANO OXYGENWERE COT OFF FROM HISBRAIN, WOLFF'S MIND BEGANTO SLIP AWAV FROM HIM.AOREADFOL WEARINESS SPREADTHROOGH HIM AND HE SANKIMTO DARKNESS. A VOICEMOEMOCED IN HIS ears-theSOFT VOICE OF THE SORCERESSOF THE RED MIST.
jf A POWER. FROM~ THE CLOSED ROOMSOF RACE MEMORY,
k THE MONSTEG LOCKEDWOLFF'S NECK IN ITS
1 POWERFUL TAIL ANDI* SHOOK HIM ASATERPJEESHAKES A RAT.
Saved ey the intervention of theENCMANTGESS, WOLFF IS BOGNE1MTO THE NIGHT, HELPLESSACCOSS THE NECK OF THE MONSTEG
Look at me. gaze at my lips,MOIST WrTH DESlGE FOGyOO.MYAGMS GEACH OOT FOG YOO. I AMVENOS.I AM iNTtE SON AND THE MOCHAND THE WEST WINO. I AM NOW ANDALWAYS. I OFFER VOO MY LOVE.WHAT SAY 1
AS A CHILLWIND TOMBLEOAWAY THE- DOSlYREMAINS OFTHE LIVINGSKELETON-WOLFFGAZED AGAINON THE FACE
OF THESORCERESS. IN
THE MISTYCRYSTAL VAPOOG,HER FACE
APPEARED evenMORE SERENEAND ONWORLDLV.
In one lost moment,the cool bgeezeof morning. plucked at the edqe5of the red mist, and it was gone,and she was gone . gone..
NlQKT AFTEQ. NIQHT, AS PACT OF AN ONALTEPABLECOOTINE, OEKEMY HAeKNETT WOOLO CEAD 3CJSTFOOR. PAGES OF A B00K,8EF0GE GETlGlNGTO HIS BED. ANY BOOK.
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1 ..All the time he waited,wared. waited.his halgcose on scalp and hiseyes dilated with theTE&eoP. OF THE EXPECTEDVISITATION. IT WAS HERE J
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DeI^EMY'S ANGOISHEO SCCEAMS ECHOEDCOOND THE HOGE HOOSE. REACHED THECOMMONAL D1NINC3-GOOU.
fr'S JOSTAi OOEAM.NOW,6E AGOOD CHAP- "ifey NOTTO MAKE SOCH AFOSS A600T A DAMNEDSILLY OfcEAM A6O0TA
. DAMNEO NOH-EXISTEKT1 SNAKE. QOODNIQKT.
The night isn't even oveg when his friendsketoo.n ag,ain to t£y and qoieten him.
They don't believe
me . 6.cjt i've seen
*T%1IS TIME, HIS CCIES OlD NOTDISTOG6 HIS FRIENDS. HE COULONO LONGER CRY OOT. HE COULDNO LONQEG EVEN BfcEXTHE.
THE FRIENDS OF JEREMY HARKNETT WEGE,OF COURSE.RIGHT. THERE. AREN'T ANYSNAKES IN LONDON FLATS. THE ROOMSACE TOTALLY INNOCUOUS EVEN DULL.SAME OLD CHAIRS, BEDS- WARDROBES,PICTURES, CARPETS AND... CURTAINS. YOOONLY FIND SNAKES |N MALAYA, OR AFRICA,PERHAPS IN THE DARK VALLEYS OF THE AMAZON.BUT.NOT IN LONDON. NOT INTHE CHINTZY
CHEERlNESS OF MRS. NEWMAN'S DEAN STREETAPARTMENT. NEVER. ALL HIS FRiENOS SAID SO :
CECIL,TONY, ROGER AND CHRISTOPHER *. THEY ,
ALL SAID SO. AND THEY WERE NEVER WRONG UNOT IN MRS, NEWMAN'S. SHE WAS TOO HOUSE-PROUD. TOO CAREFOL OF HER ROOMS: THEFUP-NITORE,THE CARPETS-THE CURTAINS.SLEEPWELL JEREMY MAP.KNETT.NOW YOUR FRIENDS HAVESOMETHING, TO EXPIATE -A PETTINESS.
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NO.NOmiNQ HASCHANGHlJMAVSE I'MQOINS MAO. IT DOESN'T MATTEB. I'M
STILL ALONE. I'VELOST HEK FOREVER.
THEBES ONLV DEATH.MAyBE TT WASN'T A DBEAM.MAYBE HE'LL CLAIM ME./voooooo.y
I can't each {ANVTHIN9ANyMOBEi
A3A\N ANDAQA1N WOLFFPLONGED HISSMOKINGSWORD
INTO THE.CONVULSINGSODIES OFTHE WOLFMEN
BOT,TANIT WAS' READY.SHE PLONQEO HER OWNDAGGER TWICE INTOHER OWN STOMACHBEFORE HE COOLDREACH HEC.THEN...
HlS STEEL FINGERS CLOSED ABOONDTHE NECK OP THE SERPEN- LOCKEDTOGETHER. HE FORCEO THE CREATURESHEAD TOWARDS THE SACREO FIREAND.. AND HEARD THE LAMENTINGVOICE OF THE PRIESTESS,TANIT 1
The second's HEsnATioN was fatal for.
WOLFF ME GROWLED AS HIS ENEMySUPPED AWAV. HE DID NOT VET REALISE THAT
TAUrT WAS REVENGED.HE WAS A WOLFMANi.'
The EONS OFTIME do not seem to haveAFFECTED THE MOMMY OF NEPER.NATURALSON OF CLEOPATRA AND MARK ANTONY.
THE VOYAGE OF NEFE& MAS ENDED.CONCEIVED IN SWELTERING LOST,REJECTED BY HIS FATH EG., VICTIMOF THE VENGEANCE AND HATREDOF HIS MOTHER, CLEOPATRA,IGNORED TOTALLY BY HISTORIANS,HE NOW COMES TO HIS LASTDESTINY.
"THE NEXT DAY, LONDON IS
ABOZZ WITH TALK OF THEMACABfcE COB6ERV.
Soon my cceatogeswill walk abgoaoTHftOOGH THE WORLDAND ALL MEN WILLSEE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMY GENI05.I WILLBE MASTER. OF BOTHTHE LIVING AND THEDEAD.
Like a poppet wrrvi bookenSTClNGS-TWE MAN WANDEGEDHELPLESSLY IN THE WILDEGNESONLY THE BASC INSTINCTOF SOGVIVAL kEPT HIMMOVING.
WOLFFThe Lady of the Wolves
In one of the most ambigooos pass/ce
of the lost manoscglpt of the damnedNECBOMANCEe,aEI>TAM, IT IS WCLTO*•SSONMl, FATHER OFALLWOLVES.WHOSEFOLLOWERS OfFES SUOMNQ HCIMANHEARTS AS TOKEN OF FEALTY HADADACGHTER BORN OF HIS UNHOLY ONIONIYITH THE SHEWOLF IA.MA.THE CHILDDISAPPEARED ON THE FIRST DAYAFTER THE "DAY OF DOOM AND HASSINCE SEEN BELIEVED TO &E DEAD.THE NAME OF THE GIRL iYAS KOLW."
She had socvived the "day ofdoom " and the qlrl op thoseAWFOL yEAftS HAD BECOMEA WOMAN.
ftOLAH.THE LADY OF THEWOLVES, HAD THOUGHT OFNOTHING DoGlNG THAT LONGTIME SOT THE NEED FOGFOOD.THE DESIRE TOKEEP HEGSELE ANDHEP- COMPANIONSE©OM DEATH.
Ignoring the cries ofthe imprisoneo warrior,the weeping rolahwent with her beastsinto the cold lightop the foll moon.
GOLAH HAD TOED DESPERATELY TO HIDEHER. SECRET FROM THE MAM SHE HADCOME TO LOVE. SHE WAS A SHAPE-CHANGE^A WEREWOLF, AND FOR. ANY MAN TOCOME NEAR HER AT SOCH A TIME MEANTA HlOEOOS GELDING, DEATH. AS SHELOPED WITH HER PACK SHE WAS 8ROOGHTOP SHORT, HACKLES RISING, 8Y A MAN.A WQLFMAN 11
ifcp-The fight was savage andbloody, suddenly, KOLAHREALISED THAT HER ANTAGONIST WASWOLFP,HIMSELF CHANGED 8VTHE MOONINTO A CCOEL, VULPINE FIQUCE . IT kWTlEBH)NOT.THE ETOAL OP THE FIG.H7 MECGEDINTO THE RITUAL OF LOVEMAKING .THE PfXXOF WOLVES WATCHED SILENTLY ASTHEIR MISTRESS JOINED HERSELFTO THE MAN SHE LOVED.THE NIGHTWAS endless;
"T^E INHABITANTS OF THIS ONIVEGSE AGE PHYSICAL QIANTS, BUT THEY APPEARDEVOID OF INTELLIGENCE. WE WERE ONA&LE TO COMMUNICATE. WITH THEM.AS YOU CAN SEE,THEY HAVE A SUPREMELY SOPHISTICATED ORCSANlC SYSTEM,IDEAL FOR OCR LIFE- SOPPORT METHODS.
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"There, was Bar little, resistance from theINHABITANTS. SOME SMALL CELLS OP PRIMARYVALOE OPPOSED OOR ATTACK.THEY WERE EASYTO DEAL. WITH.
In a small number ofsevere cases, a fewunits were trapped.
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THE V1VI IS A MAGNIP'CENT CGEATiON OFPOOOLAC FOLK- LOftE.THE COSSACKS GIVE-miS NAME TO THE K1NQ OFTHE ONOEQWOCLQWHOSE EVES CAN PiEGCE EVEN THE DEEPEST©.LOOM OF THE DAftKEST <3£AVE .
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TViE DEMONS CHEEPED AND MUT-
TERED AS THEy SOU5HT THEIRVICTIM.THEN THE STARE OFTHE SHROUDED GiRL BECAMEMORE FIERCE.SHE RAISED HECARMS. BRING ME VlYI .GO.6R1NQ viyi .'
THEN 5HE ROSE ABOVE THE OARKNESS.OVEfiTHE HASTILy-DRAWN DEFENCE AND PLUNGEDDOWN OPON THE MAN.WHO STOOD DUMBAND HELPLESS. AWAITING HIS FATE. HEWATTEO BUT A LITTLE TTMEii
fc WHAT/l&iTEfn pkaren
BMRIC 5ld
Ar fiqst i/Qfrrt theMALIGN SPELL WASBROKEN. WOLFF
His sword leftONTHE EDQEOF THE LAQOON,WOLFF MOSTPACE HIS ENEMyWITH HIS BAGEHANDS.
It was a bloodybattle witheverything in favoocOF THE AqOATlCCGEATORE
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AS THE MONSTEGSANK TO THESLIME,WOLFF AMD (SALAORASWAM FOCTHESLICPACELDNQS BUCSTiNQ.
Althooqh MIS FINQERS V&supped on the wetscales of hisadvegsarv.the barba-rian never slackenedhis hold fog aMOMENT. „0'a "
BREATHLESS FCOM THE STBOGQLE-THE.yLAY PANTINQ IN AN ONOECWATEK.CAVEGN OF TOTAL SILENCE..
Finally and horribly,the world of the lagoonrevealed its dreadsecget to the warriorand the. maiden . it wasthe mother. of allwater., creator. andgiver op life..
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AGAR-AGARTheHarem of
Bacchus
Afteg ajooawEy,THE CITY
LONQ AND ONCOMFOtCTABLE, AGAR-AGiAe CEACHESOF THE FAONS.
The handmaidens adorn a<=w&AOAft. WITH FINE FLOWERSANO CLOTHES OF SRJN SILK.AS THOUGH FOR A WEDDING...OR A SACCIFiCE-i
A TIME OP HUMILIATION ANOTORTORE BEGINS FOG THELOVELY SPCfTE.
Bacchus sends roc AaAft-AaAft,wno he thinks scqken 6y
