Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey into Mystery #2
☆ Be the first to reviewIn "The Hidden Vampires," a 1950s-era tale from Marvel's Atlas Era, a man’s life unravels after a drunken bet leads him to sign a contract for his soul—only to find himself suddenly wealthy and increasingly tormented by paranoia. Written and illustrated by Paul Reinman, this chilling story explores the weight of a single decision, as a man’s grip on reality frays under the burden of a joke that may have been far too real. The cover, a striking piece by Russ Heath, captures the moment of dread just before the truth reveals itself.
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When a man enters a bar and, as a gag, offers a skeptic a contract for his soul for one million dollars the skeptic signs it. No one sees the stranger leave, but a coincidence leaves the signer one million dollars from a will. As time goes by, the contract worries away at him distorting his personality from likable to hostile. His employees hate him and his family leave him. One day he receives a visitor and it turns out to be the man with the contract looking for work. The skeptic is so angered that his life has been changed so dramatically by a practical joke that he seizes a heavy candlestick and kills the stranger. Now he feels that he has sold his soul to the Devil in actuality and walks out into the dark for Satan to claim him.
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