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Comic book short story about man trying to escape Hades

Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked by Rex Eric Engstrom on September 3, 2021

It is a story from a comic book that had to be published before 1967. I remember a splash page which shows, in a bird’s eye view, a bespectacled man climbing a sheer, rocky cliff face with a trail of people climbing behind him. Below is a narrow, stark valley or gorge in which a crowd of people are standing in front of a massive and tall set of wooden doors. Apparently the gates of Hades.

The story may have been slight humorous. I think it ends with him getting pitch-forked in the behind. I have looked everywhere. In all the on-line public domain comics that would reasonably have such a story.

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Found it! It's in Forbidden Worlds #129 (ACG-1965). But not quite as I thought. The Stack Exchange Effect (I post; it's found) once more. And only 11 days.

Front cover of Forbidden Worlds #129

An anthology series featuring tales of fantasy and science fiction adventure from legendary early independent comics publisher ACG. Magicman battles aliens who have taken over the bodies of a team of space explorers; A con artist offers to help Satan run the place after he arrives in Hell; The new member of a diving crew turns out to be an exceptionally good diver – too good to be entirely human. Well Bury You Deep!; Theres a New Lot of Spirits Coming In!; The Thing from the Depths

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