Searching for an OLD story

Hi all - I’ve been looking for the title of a story that still haunts me from over 20 years ago. It might have been part of an EERIE, a CREEPY or even a HEAVY METAL comic and it revolves around a spaceship that is stranded in the middle of nowhere with the crew becoming more and more desperate. After a whole mess of tense buildup, angst and argument they decide to murder the “cabin boy” for the purpose of cannibalism. The boy is a skinny teen with a bald head (?). They eventually cut his throat using a helmet to catch the blood. The final scene is the kicker though as just as the deed is done, a rescue spacecraft pulls up along side.

The artwork was very distinctive, black line and from memory not a lot of shading (which is why I think it might have been in a Heavy Metal) - and had quite an impact on me.

Sorry if the description is vague but like I said - it’s been playing on my mind for quite a while.

Help me r/horrorcomics- you’re my only hope

Posted Nov 2, 2019, 11:04 PM UTC

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born_lever_puller•

Not what you're looking for, but that description reminds me of >!Frank Darabont's film adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist!<.

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JerkyLeBoeuf•

Man, you're not really narrowing it down by saying it's in either EERIE, CREEPY or Heavy Metal! Gotta say, if it's Sci-Fi, it's most likely either in Heavy Metal or EERIE, as CREEPY did NOT do a lot of space-related stories at all. Also, 20 years ago brings us only to 1999, so if you're being precise with the timeline, it CAN'T be CREEPY or EERIE. Could you try to narrow it down some more for us, or be more exact? I have entire runs of all three titles, but it'd take a few hours to go through all of them.

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