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Cover: Syd Shores & Joe Maneely

Marvel Tales #96

Jun 1950 · Marvel · 0.10 USD
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“The Return of the Monster”

In "The Return of the Monster," a horror publisher becomes the unwilling pawn in a supernatural scheme when Satan himself sends an emissary to curse him with a deadly pact: the first person he sees must die, dooming him to execution. With the weight of a demonic curse and a life hanging in the balance, the publisher finds himself trapped in a nightmare he never imagined. Penciled by Mike Sekowsky and featuring a striking cover by Syd Shores and Joe Maneely, this 1950 issue delivers a chilling tale of fate and fear in a 10-cent comic from Marvel’s early days.

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cover pencils, inks Syd Shores
cover pencils, inks Joe Maneely

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Satan sends an emissary to a horror story publisher so that he will read the scroll of suffering and be transported to Hell. Satan wants his soul because the stories he publishes turn people away from evil, but he cannot collect it until he is dead, so he puts the curse of Satan upon the publisher to kill the first person he sees (as then he will be executed for the crime), and sends him back.

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