Number 1394: Swimming to distant Shores

Syd Shores did the artwork for this horror story from Ziff-Davis’ Nightmare #1 (1952). It’s a supernatural revenge tale made special by Shores’ drawing. Check out his renderings of a turbulent sea, his characters’ faces, or the spectral lighthouse keeper, all examples of an exemplary job by an under-appreciated master of comic art.

Ben Oda did the lettering for this story. Going through old comics I see Oda’s lettering in many of them. Because of damage to the lettering in page 5 panel 1, I replaced the doctor’s dialogue by using the free comic book lettering font, Odaballoon.