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The Laughing Corpse

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A millionaire wants Anita to raise a 300-year-old corpse, and a killer zombie is loose in the city. More horror and police case

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Quick recap

Millionaire Harold Gaynor wants Anita to raise a corpse nearly 300 years old, which takes a human sacrifice. She says no. Meanwhile, a flesh-eating zombie starts slaughtering families in St. Louis, and a boy goes missing. The trail leads to Dominga Salvador, a powerful vaudun priestess Anita has crossed before. Dominga is arrested but gets out on bail. Gaynor kidnaps Anita, and Dominga uses a spell to force her through the ritual. When she is made to kill, Anita takes in the power of that death and gains control of every corpse in the cemetery. She sends the dead after Dominga and Gaynor, who vanish without a trace. Anita keeps turning down Jean-Claude and weighs the power she now holds.

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  1. Behind the scenesA comics bestseller

    The comic adaptation came out in 2008. Its first collected volume made the New York Times bestseller list for graphic books.

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  2. Behind the scenesIn Brazil from Rocco

    Rocco published it in Brazil in 2010 as O Cadáver que Ri, at 341 pages, three years after the first book.

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