Taking a cue from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Premature Burial", the unknown writer of this tale tells the story of an unnamed man who is winged by a passing car and hits his head on a fire hydrant after leering at a girl on the street who shows a little leg when her skirt is blown up in the breeze!
Appearing medically dead but still conscious, his unfaithful wife gives permission for the coroner to have his body donated to "medical science". The slightly-nutty doctor removes the man's heart, after which he is placed in a coffin and buried like any other stiff. The problem is, after all he's gone through, he's still alive!
"Cry From the Coffin" was drawn by the Iger Shop and published in Farrell's STRANGE FANTASY in their October 1953 issue.
On a side note, this title was edited by Ruth Roche, who was one of the very few women of that era to hold such a lofty position. Miss Roche was part-owner of the Iger Shop from 1945 to 1961.
