During a routine check-up, Harry Bates is in for a surprise: his doctor declares he's dead! To say this complicates poor Harry's "life" is an understatement and he spends the middle-part of the story running away from the law, thinking all the while they want to bury him.
He finally meets a friendly woman and after a brief romance he asks her to marry him. He can't believe she says "yes" without batting an eye. The reason will surprise you at the end.
"Happily Dead" was published in Superior Comics' MYSTERIES ("WEIRD AND STRANGE") #8 (July 1954, around the same time the Senate Hearings were in session). Superior's parent company, Randall Publishers Limited, was located and the their books printed in Canada. It is believed that they hired "stringer" artists and writers for the States, making it essentially an American horror comic. No writer or artist(s) have yet been identified for this interesting little story.
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