Vault of Evil #22

In "The Treasure of Planetoid 12!" from Vault of Evil #22 (1975), a bitter butcher’s scheme to ruin his ex-partner backfires in a chillingly literal way—locked inside a meat locker he poisoned, he’s trapped with his own crime and the very meat he intended to destroy. With no one coming to free him, the man’s desperate struggle to survive becomes a haunting study in isolation and consequence. Ben Brown’s art, inked by David Gantz, brings a stark, unsettling atmosphere to this grim tale, while Ed Hannigan’s cover, rendered with inks by Klaus Janson, captures the story’s eerie, claustrophobic mood.