Tales from the Crypt #29
"Grounds... for Horror!" delivers a chilling tale of greed and retribution in this 1952 classic from Tales from the Crypt #29. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, with haunting artwork by Graham Ingels, the story follows a corrupt banker whose dark hobby and desperate cover-up lead to a terrifying end. The cover, a masterful blend of dread and macabre flair by Jack Davis, perfectly captures the story’s unsettling tone.
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An embezzling banker who keeps spiders for a hobby is blackmailed by his chief teller who is aware of the embezzlement. The banker invites the teller to stay the night and aggravates a black widow before dropping it beneath the sleeping teller's bed sheets. In the morning, with the teller dead, the banker decides to fly a small plane down to Florida to get out of town for awhile, but the engine conks out over the swamp. He bails out, but when he cuts himself out of his chute, he drops into the web of a giant spider that proceeds to paralyze him and suck him dry.
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