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Sinister Tales#87
Cover: Steve Ditko

Sinister Tales #87

· Alan Class · 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]
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“How Criminals Are Trapped”

In "How Criminals Are Trapped," a humble shoemaker’s nightly tales of helpful little people take a startling turn when his desperate need for medical funds lands him in the clutches of a ruthless loan shark. As the man’s torment escalates, the children’s stories become terrifyingly real—only the little people aren’t helping him anymore, they’re turning the tables. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated with eerie precision by Steve Ditko, with inks by George Roussos and letters by Art Simek, this 1/- comic from Alan Class delivers a chilling twist on folklore and greed. The cover, a striking Ditko original in both pencils and inks, captures the story’s unsettling mood perfectly.

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writer Stan Lee · artist Steve Ditko · inker George Roussos · letterer Art Simek · cover Steve Ditko

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writer Stan Lee
letterer Art Simek
cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko

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A shoemaker who enjoys telling the neighborhood children stories of the little people who come out at night to help him make shoes becomes ill and goes to a loan shark to acquire money for medical treatment. The loan shark harasses him constantly to make interest payments on his loan so he must work night and day. The last time the greedy money lender visits the shoemaker he gets the shock of his life as it turns out the little people are real. They shrink the man and put him to work building shoes for the shoemaker.

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