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Adventures into the Unknown #2
"Kill, Puppets, Kill" is a chilling tale from *Adventures into the Unknown* #2 (1948), where art and terror collide. Written by Frank Belknap Long and illustrated by Max Elkan, the story follows Betty Saunders, a renowned expert on the eerie 15th-century painter Kees Van Ruyter, whose macabre works inspire a deadly new commission. When a ghoul from Belgium summons her to recreate Van Ruyter’s cursed style, the line between painting and possession blurs—until the final brushstroke reveals the truth. The cover, by Ed Moritz, captures the story’s haunting atmosphere in stark, shadowed detail.