Vault of Evil
#14
(October 1974)
Marvel,
1973 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 8 times a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor)
The Ghost of Grismore Castle!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [T-911]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A practical jokester tricks his friend into fleeing a haunted house only to be attacked by real ghosts. He promises never to play a prank again while his friend, actually a ghost, watches approvingly.
- Reprints
-
from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #79 (December 1960)
-
The Albatross!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Pete Tumlinson
- Inks
- Pete Tumlinson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [F-537]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- When a sailor kills an albatross, which represents good luck to the crew, the ship flounders with a dead radio until the men lash the sailor to the mast with the albatross tied around his neck as punishment. When the man dies, the ship's bad fortune clears, and they make their way back to port.
- Reprints
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #29 (February (March) 1955)
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Indexer Notes
Art credits from Tom Lammers. We previously suggested Joe Orlando, but the art spotter has since retracted that.
Only an Insect!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Pete Morisi
- Inks
- Pete Morisi
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [9483]
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Synopsis
- A scientist's assistant who tortures insects for kicks gets his just deserts when he knocks over a shrinking compound which then affects him.
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #10 (March 1952)
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Dorothy's Doll
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Gene Colan
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Job Number
- [C-525]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man buys a lifelike doll for his ill child, unintentionally fooling Death into taking the doll and leaving the girl.
- Reprints
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #21 (July 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
reprint mistakenly identified as from Mystic #12
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Midnight in Haunted Manor!
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1.
The Ghost of Grismore Castle!
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2.
The Albatross!
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3.
Only an Insect!
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4.
Dorothy's Doll
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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