Marvel Tales #110
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Empty Bus!" from Marvel Tales #110 (1952), a desperate prisoner agrees to a bizarre deal: a pill that makes him appear dead, so he can escape execution and dig himself out later. Written by Don Perlin and inked by Abe Simon, the story unfolds with chilling precision as the man’s brother, in a shocking twist, sells his body to medical students for five hundred dollars—only to learn the price of his own brother’s survival is far higher than he imagined. The cover, by Russ Heath, captures the eerie tension of a moment that feels both inevitable and horrifying.
In "The Empty Bus!" from Marvel Tales #110 (1952), a rain-soaked mobster boards a silent bus with no other passengers, hunting a former associate who fled. A mysterious old man beside him whispers a chilling prediction—of a violent end at the hands of the very man he seeks—yet the mobster steps off the bus, certain he’s in control.
In "A Coffin for Carlos!" from Marvel Tales #110 (1952), a condemned man is offered a desperate escape: a pill that fakes death long enough to dig himself out of a coffin. With no money, he pressures his brother into funding the scheme—only to learn too late that the brother’s five hundred dollars was meant for something far more final. The story unfolds with chilling precision, blending suspense and a grim twist that lingers long after the last page.
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Reprinted in Strange Tales #31 (1954), Strange Tales #174 (1974), Dead of Night #9 (1975), Uncanny Tales #9 (1975), Vault of Evil #18 (1975), Varulv på natten #2/1975
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