Vault of Evil #11
"Burton's Blood!" is a chilling tale from Vault of Evil #11 (1974), where a wealthy miser’s desperate bid to outwit his nephew takes a deadly turn—literally. After faking his death with a drug meant to simulate the end, he awakens as a ghost, only to find his family has moved on without him. Gene Colan’s moody art brings the eerie twist to life, while the cover by Bill Everett and John Romita captures the story’s haunting tone.
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A wealthy miser pretends to be dead so that he can dash the expectations of his nephew when he confronts him, but when he finally does reveal himself they ignore him and he realizes that the drug he took to simulate death was too much for his heart and he is now a ghost.
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