Dr. Styx watches through a crystal ball as four people begin a seance. Styx recognizes the vicious “other world denizen” they have contacted and decides to protect them. The spirit entices the members of the seance to commit suicide. After one jumps from a window to her death, Styx intercedes. While the shadow of the devil falls on the city and a murder is committed, Styx and the spirit engage in a magical battle of will. Styx calls the still earthbound, newly-dead to his cause, encouraging a “righteous disbelief” in the spirit, to “unbelieve him out of existence.” At daybreak, the spirit admits defeat, returns the victims of that night to life, and retreats into the sewer.
Description Dr. Styx watches through a crystal ball as four people begin a seance. Styx recognizes the vicious “other world denizen” they have contacted and decides to protect them. The spirit entices the members of the seance to commit suicide. After one jumps from a window to her death, Styx intercedes. While the shadow of the devil falls on the city and a murder is committed, Styx and the spirit engage in a magical battle of will. Styx calls the still earthbound, newly-dead to his cause, encouraging a “righteous disbelief” in the spirit, to “unbelieve him out of existence.” At daybreak, the spirit admits defeat, returns the victims of that night to life, and retreats into the sewer.
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Treasure Comics #4 (1945) | Bernard Baily, John Giunta?
