SINISTER TALES #225 (1989)

Sinister Tales was a reprint horror anthology comic book from Alan Class Publishing in the United Kingdom.  Its contents came from various U.S. publishers:  Marvel Comics, Charlton Comics, St. John Publications,  and American Comics group, among others.  As such, there was usually at least  or two fairly decent stories from some talented artists in each issue, as well as some dud in the story and art departments.  The series ran from 1964 to 1989 for a total of at least 225 issues.  This may have been the last issue published.  Because it is a British reprint publication, all stories are in black and white.

• "The Painting"  Jake wanted to be a great artist.  One day he painted a portrait of strange man and the painting began talking to him.
• "The Devil and the War Bride"  Captain Phil Carter fell for an Irish lass, Coreen, in old Erin, but it turned out that she believed in the old myths...leprechauns, banshees, and the Devil himself .  Coreen becomes taken over by the Devil, and her quick temper brings disaster.  Can Phil rescue his doomed bride?
• "The Man Who Died Too Soon"  A plane crash sends all of its passengers to the Hereafter, including the pilot, who happened to be not quite dead.  Stan Griffith wakes in the hospital, but the demons of the Hereafter are determined to regain his soul, even if it means they have to kill him.
• "A Perfect Gentleman"  From childhood, Craig Peterson had everybody fooled into thinking he was a perfect gentleman.  In reality, Craig was a little snot who would bully and cheat his way to get what he wanted.  As an adult, he murdered a scientist and stole his rocket ship.  But the ship turned out to be time machine, bring in him back millions of years to a typically anachronistic comic book time  of cavemen and dinosaurs, but nobody realizes this until a million year old T-Rex skeleton is found with Peterson's I.D. bracelet inside it.
• "Spectral Pirate"  Art expert Richard Small is examining a portrait of a ferocious 18th century buccaneer when the pirate comes to life and steps out of the painting'
• "The Picture That Was Cursed!" Mark and Lucy were big Hollywood stars when they married, but then Lucy died in a car crash.  Then the Hollywood bigwigs wanted to make a movie about their love story, but who was that girl behind the mask who played Lucy?
• "Invasion"  A brief story about two alien planets that have declared war on Earth.  The both were pretty dumb.
• "Space Adventurer!"  Hapless Steve Stanton is down on his luck and buys a junked space ship determined to become a space adventurer and become wealthy.  He comes across a satellite orbiting an alien planet.  The satellite is prison harboring the worst criminals of space.  Steve accidently releases them and they head to Earth to conquer the planet.  Now what's he going to do?
• "The Bird That Knew!"  A crow has made its nest in the watchtower of an English lord's estate, and that offended the lord's sensibilities.  The lord shots the crow and discovers too late what a mistake that was.
• "The Ironclad Will!"  Jude Tyndal is dying and his greedy relatives are coming out of the woodwork.  Jude's will leaves everything to his nephew Harry, cutting of his other two surviving relatives.  But Jude had studied occult things in India and he had a few tricks uo his dead sleeve.
• "Leave It to Your Fairy Godmother!"  Tim frees is broke and the unsuccessful writer is about to lose his ancestral home.  His fairy godmother appears and introduces him to elves, gnomes, and leprechauns, who help him on the path of success.  Tim falls in love with his fairy godmother but it is not to be.  But fate has a way of making things work out.

Enjoy.

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