Secrets of the Unknown #166
In "The Abyss!", a greedy art dealer’s obsession with a gypsy’s enchanted painting leads to a chilling transformation neither he nor the gypsy could have foreseen. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Steve Ditko, with lettering by Artie Simek, this 1976 Alan Class classic delivers a haunting tale of greed and the supernatural. The striking cover by Bill Everett captures the eerie mood, setting the stage for a story where art becomes something far more dangerous than mere beauty.
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An art dealer who buys quality paintings at rock-bottom insulting prices from poverty stricken artists and then sells them for thousands attempts to steal a beautiful painting from a gypsy who refuses to sell it. The dealer has the gypsy arrested on a trumped up charge and burgles the man's wagon to remove the painting. When the gypsy is released because the man cannot be found he knows why and goes to the art dealer's apartment to retrieve his enchanted painting, finding the art dealer now a part of the picture.
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