The lead story The Devil's Doorway in House of Mystery #182 (Sept-Oct 1969) has some serious daddy issues all through the tale. Not suprising as it was written by Pre-CCA and EC Comics veteran Jack Oleck with art aided and abetted by Alex Toth, who is clearly a master of both sub-textual panel layouts and scary Freudian imagery!In the story a little girl desperately seeking her father's approval uses a really phallic statue of the demon Belial to open a mirror portal to play in a tunnel that leads to supernatural nether regions. Eventually Daddy becomes aware of what is going on in the house unbeknown to family and friends and attempts to put a stop to his child's corruption. In the end, Daddy achieves a decidedly Pyrrhic victory over the demon. He throws the "statue" into the tunnel and banishes the demon but in the process he loses his daughter forever.
Hey, it's Comics Code Approved!
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Seduction of the Innocent
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