Spellbound #14
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Love Story," a 1953 issue of Spellbound, a desperate scientist recounts his downfall after inventing a cure for baldness he claims can "grow hair on a billiard ball." Penned by Stan Lee and illustrated by Ed Winiarski, the story follows his unraveling as his formula fails on men—until he reveals a startling truth, producing a handful of hair-covered billiard balls to prove it works on something, somewhere. The cover, by Bill Everett, captures the moment of revelation with a striking, surreal image.
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A scientist discovers a cure for baldness which he claims will "grow hair on a billiard ball". When the men who try the formula remain bald, the scientist loses everything and ends up sleeping rough in a park. Telling his story to a policeman, the scientist claims that the cure DOES work, but not on men. To prove it, he produces a handful of billiard balls - all covered in hair!
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