Vault of Evil #18
"A Coffin for Carlos" delivers a chilling twist on the death row gambit in this standout 1975 issue of Vault of Evil. Written by an unknown hand and brought to life with stark, expressive art by Don Perlin and inks by Abe Simon, the story follows a condemned man who agrees to a bizarre escape plan—only to find his fate far more gruesome than he imagined. The cover by Ron Wilson and Frank Giacoia captures the tale’s grim, unsettling tone, making this a must-read for fans of classic Marvel horror.
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A man visits a convicted killer in jail and offers to sell him a pill for five hundred dollars that will make him appear dead in order to cheat the electric chair. Once he has been buried, he will dig him up. The killer agrees, but has no money, so he extorts it out of his brother. He takes the pill and it works, but instead of taking him to the morgue, the police wheel him into a group of medical students with scalpels. It turns out his brother sold his body to dissection study for five hundred dollars.
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