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Vault of Evil #5

Marvel · Series began 1973 · September 1973

Dates

Cover date
September 1973
On sale
June 12, 1973
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

inks: John Romita, Tony DiPreta, Paul Reinman, Sam Kweskin, Russ Heathletters: Morrie Kuramotopencils: Tony DiPreta, Paul Reinman, Sam Kweskin, Russ Heathediting: Stan Leescript: Stan Lee

Stories

  • My Friend the Ghost · 6 pages

    A doctor and his friend cook up a plot to acquire the family fortune by the doctor declaring the man dead and then he pretends to return as a ghost and scare the remaining members to death. But the doctor wants all the money and betrays the man by injecting poison into him rather than a drug to make him appear dead, and so he realizes at the end of the story that he actually is a ghost. He kills the doctor.

  • On the Spot · 5 pages

    An actor kills the man who directs the spotlight on stage when he finds out his girlfriend is seeing him. He gets condemned to the chair and escapes, but the spotlight pins him to the wall and the cops open fire. Only after his lifeless body slumps to the ground do the cops realize that there is no one at the spotlight.

  • The Diet of Donald Moore · 4 pages

    A man uses a chlorophyll spray as a health tonic until he develops plant-like qualities.

  • What Happened to Mister Snively? · 5 pages

    During an atomic war. grocer Snively hoards food in his bomb shelter. However, he starves to death after the bombs fall because he forgot to bring a can opener.

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