Chamber of Darkness #3

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CGC records 87 graded copies for Chamber of Darkness #3 (1970). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

The Warlock Tree!

An ancient druid is slain by being impaled with a sword upon a tree and curses both the knight and the tree that becomes known as the warlock tree. The legend goes that the knight's family was drown shortly after and the sword was left stuck in the tree to bind the sorcerer's spirit to it. Anyone's name associated with the tree is said to be cursed, but an English girl's fiancée doesn't believe in superstition, and intends to carve both her and his name in the tree. She sees what he's doing and asks to be taken home, but not before he has already carved her name. That evening she responds to a sinister voice, and like a woman in a trance, walks out to the tree. The man sees her leave the house and realizes that the curse is true and he has subjected her to it. He follows her as the evil spirit implores her to pull forth the sword and release him. The man pleads with her not to do so, and they are saved when a bolt of lightning is drawn towards the sword and shatters the tree.

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Dave * Jane **Supporting Characters:** * Sir Giliard) **Antagonists:** * Moorg the Warlock)

**Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * England ** Stonehenge) * America ** Salem) **Items:** * Sir Giliard's sword * The Warlock Tree

**Events and Eras:** * Middle Ages * Salem Witch Trials

| Writer2_1 = Denny O'Neil | Penciler2_1 = Tom Palmer | Inker2_1 = Tom Palmer | Colorist2_1 = | Letterer2_1 = Artie Simek | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee

| StoryTitle2 = The Tell Tale Heart | Synopsis2 = Poe's "Tell Tale Heart" in a contemporary setting.

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Claude Pane) **Supporting Characters:** * Headstone P. Gravely) * Claude's uncle * Police officers **Other Characters:** * Claude Pane's mother **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * United Kingdom ** London * United States of America * Paris, France

| Writer3_1 = Roy Thomas | Penciler3_1 = John Buscema | Inker3_1 = John Verpoorten | Colorist3_1 = | Letterer3_1 = Sam Rosen | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee

| StoryTitle3 = Something Lurks on Shadow Mountain! | Synopsis3 = A similar plot to "The Thing in the Black Box" from Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 74.

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * George Ashton) **Supporting Characters:** * Digger (Roderick Krupp)) **Antagonists:** * Pandora) * Thing from the coffin **Other Characters:** * his girl * a construction crew **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Demons * Elder gods **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Unnamed town ** Shadow Mountain **Items:** * Pandora's Box)

| Notes = * Sequence 1 *The Warlock Tree*: ** Conway is credited as Gerard Conway. ** reprinted in Giant-Size Chillers Vol 1 3. * Sequence 2 *The Tell Tale Heart* is loosely based on The Tell-Tale Heart|the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. * Sequence 3 *Something Lurks on Shadow Mountain* reprinted in Tomb of Darkness Vol 1 18.

| Trivia = * This is the first issue of the series that does not feature a head-shot of Headstone P. Gravely) in the upper right corner.

| Recommended = * Fear Vol 1 * Chamber of Darkness Vol 1 * Creatures on the Loose Vol 1 * Fear Vol 1 * Monsters on the Prowl Vol 1 * Tower of Shadows Vol 1 * Where Monsters Dwell Vol 1

| Links = * Chamber of Darkness|Chamber of Darkness article at Wikipedia * Digger (comics)|Digger article at Wikipedia * [http://www.marvel.com/universe/Digger_(Roderick_Krupp) Digger profile at the Marvel Universe]

Creative credits

Writers: Gerry Conway, Denny O'Neil, Roy Thomas

Interior art: Barry Smith, Tom Palmer, John Buscema

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