We've presented the classic O Henry story "Gift of the Magi" several times at True Love Comics Tales...
...but this version from Harvey's Tomb of Terror #11 (1953) ain't the heartwarming tale of eternal love!
Written and illustrated by the highly-underrated Howard Nostrand, it has a kool EC Comics vibe thanks to artist Howard's stylistic similarity to Jack Davis!
Due to the restrictions of the Comics Code, the story couldn't be reprinted without partially-rewriting and totally-redrawing it!
So, Eerie Publications handed it to artist Oscar Fraga with the script reused...verbatim in Horror Tales V7N1 (1975)!
Note: b/w magazines weren't covered by the Comics Code, so Oscar could have gone even gorier...
Happy Valentine's Day!
