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Chip Conway
Disgruntled drummer from the "Death Drum" story of horror comic book Adventures into Darkness #7 (December 1952). He's strictly small time, to the disgust of his successful novelist girlfriend Arlene, who dumps him. Chip stumbles onto a voodoo drum in a pawn shop, and playing it releases the spirit of a witch doctor who has Chip kill the pawn store owner and run off with the drum. The drum gives Chip talent which lands him a spot in "a top bop combo," but it demands sacrifices! Chip is compelled to kill the combo's singer Dinah and dump the body. On tour, Chip and band are a big success, but he has to kill after every show. He finally goes back to Arlene, who tells him she never loved him and was only observing him for a novel about a small-time musician. He kills her, is caught, and gets the electric chair.
The plot is suspiciously similar to the "Horn of Horror" story in comic book Horrific #11 (May 1954).
