'Tales of the Night Stalker' (Issue 5: 'Proximity' Part 1) by Dave Ulanski

After the funeral of Eric Stalton, victim of the creature named Bloody Mary, Kolchak meets two ghost hunters named Otto and Mo Brerhahrer; when questioned, Karl refuses to comment on his ghostly encounters, and leaves the duo behind at the cemetery. Returning to work at the newspaper, Kolchak’s next assignment is to cover a story at the Los Angeles History Museum; it seems that the new Egyptian exhibit was abruptly cancelled just prior to opening after the relics on show were ordered by international law to be returned to their homeland. Kolchak meets Professor Santiao Hernadez, who is extremely aggravated to see his life’s work being taken away from him; when he encourages Kolchak to take a small souvenir of the Egyptian treasures, the reporter chooses a statuette of a cat. However, this innocuous trinket soon demonstrates strange, unearthly powers, as Kochak becomes increasingly fatigued, and begins seeing creatures from Egyptian mythology. Then, as his sanity stretches to breaking point, Karl starts to wonder if his hallucinations are in fact real…

Pencilled by Kirk Jarvinen
Inked by Keith Williams

Cover A by Harry Roland
Cover B by Dave Ulanski and Ken Wolak

Notes:
*Featuring Carl Kolchak

*Published by Moonstone