Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $13.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1973-05-01 |
| 6.0 | $47.45 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1973-05-01 |
| 8.0 | $119.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1973-05-01 |
| 9.2 | $155.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1973-05-01 |
| 9.4 | $69.94 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1973-05-01 |
| 9.6 | $138.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1973-05-01 |
| 9.8 | $125.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1973-05-01 |
| RAW | $12.99 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1973-05-01 |
| 10.0 | $163.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1973-05-01 |
| 9.8 | $23.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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Graded population
CGC records 84 graded copies for Chamber of Chills #4 (1973). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Opener of the Crypt!
The last of the Montresor line is drawn by Fortunato's ghost to disinter his remains from the impromptu crypt he had met his end in. The tables are turned, for as the ghost dissipates, the man's strength fails him, the torch gives out, and the rats close in to the sound of tinkling jester bells.
| StoryTitle2 = Pawn of the Devoured | Writer2_1 = Steve Skeates | Penciler2_1 = Jay Scott Pike | Inker2_1 = Frank Chiaramonte | Colorist2_1 = | Letterer2_1 = Denise Wohl | Editor2_1 = Roy Thomas
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Man
**Antagonists:** * Ants **Other Characters:** * Good Lord) * Soldiers **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Insects ** Ants **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Island * Heaven)
**Vehicles:** * Ship
| Synopsis2 = A man washes up on an island with nothing to eat but ants. The ants take over his body from the inside so that when other humans arrive, he is nothing but a giant ant body with a human head and they shoot him.
| StoryTitle3 = The Demon from Beyond! | Writer3_1 = Gardner Fox | Penciler3_1 = Howard Chaykin | Inker3_1 = Joe Sinnott | Colorist3_1 = | Letterer3_1 = Jean Izzo | Editor3_1 = Roy Thomas
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Murdoch Adams)|-|Doctor Strange Vol 2 35 **Supporting Characters:** * Lenore Wilkins) **Antagonists:** * Druidic Priests * Ludi / Lud) **Other Characters:** * Romans * Priests that buried the artifacts needed to summon Ludi) * Reverend * The Almighty / Good Lord) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Demons * Gods **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Europe *** United Kingdom **** England ***** York) ****** Cemetery ******* Frost Mausoleum ***** Wiltshire ****** Salisbury Plain ******* Amesbury ******** Stonehenge) * Ludi's Astral World **Items:** * Rite of Exorcismorum
**Events and Eras:** * Middle Ages
| Synopsis3 = Adventurer Murdoch Adams is traveling through England when he is caught in the rain. Seeking shelter in a mausoleum in order to keep dry, he is shocked to see a woman rise out of her casket and exit the tomb. Following the girl, he is witnessed to a bizarre ceremony in which the girl is about to be sacrificed to a demon named Ludi. Not wishing to see the girl be killed, Murdoch attacks the cultists and Ludi directly, and when he fires his gun Ludi vanishes and the cultists flee back to their village.
Murdoch revives the girl, named Lenore, who was in a hypnotic trance and she tells the traveler that her people worships Ludi prior to the coming of the Romans and the enforcement of Christianity in the region. She explains that Ludi used to be a god of worship who would be a bringer of crops and good weather in times of the ancients. In return for this kindness Ludi would demand worship and the occasional bride to be sacrificed to him. When Catholicism reached the land, the artifacts that were required to summon Ludi were buried away. However, in recent times, the people of this land -- still worshiping Ludi, even though he has degraded into a demon -- had uncovered the bell required to summon the creature.
Murdoch decides to end Ludi's reign by performing a rite of exorcism and seeks off to find a priest. He is chased by Ludi who seeks to kill the man. Although Adams manages to make it to a church, Ludi breaks in and kills the priest. When Murdoch realizes that Ludi's weakness is loud noise, Murdoch rings the bells in the church destroying Ludi and ending his tyranny. About to leave, Lenore stops him and asks him to stay, a request Murdoch decides to comply with feeling his days of adventure are over.
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| Notes = * Cover art: pencils, inks and colours by Brunner. * *The Opener of the Crypt!*: ** The script is by John Jakes, based on his own short story. ** Costanza is uncredited. * *The Demon from Beyond!* Izzo is uncredited. | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: John Jakes, Steve Skeates, Gardner Fox
Interior art: Frank Brunner, Jay Scott Pike, Howard Chaykin
Color: Frank Brunner
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