Marvel Tales #143
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The House on the Hill!", a desperate man takes a risky loan from a ruthless banker, only to find himself caught in a web of debt and deception as he tries to undercut his lender by offering better rates. Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated with sharp, expressive detail by Manny Stallman, this 1956 tale from Marvel Tales #143 unfolds with a quiet tension that builds toward something far more unsettling than mere financial rivalry. The cover, by Bill Everett, captures the story’s eerie atmosphere with a striking, shadowed image of the mysterious house that looms at the center of the man’s fate.
In "The Greed of Silas Plunkett!" from Marvel Tales #143 (1956), a determined borrower takes a risky loan from a ruthless banker, only to turn the tables by undercutting him with lower interest rates—setting off a battle of wits and ambition that tests the limits of greed and ambition.
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Reprinted in Strange Tales of the Unusual #9 (1957), Tales of Suspense #9 (1960), Creepy Worlds #43 (1965), Amazing Stories of Suspense #115 (1971), Uncanny Tales #75 (1971), Uncanny Tales #77 (1971), Amazing Stories of Suspense #233 (1987)
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