Credits
Writer(s):
Bill Gaines (co-plot); Al Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Penciller(s):
Graham Ingels
Inker(s):
Graham Ingels
Colorist(s):
Marie Severin
Letterer(s):
Jim Wroten
Subject Matter
Genres:
horror
Feature(s):
The Witch's Cauldron!
Character(s):
The Old Witch (cameo); Mrs. Van Klege (wealthy woman, death); Pierre (dress fitter); Tom Adkins (hen-pecked husband, death); Leena Adkins (Tom's wife); Sally Bates (death); Sally's mother; Charlie Street (death); Dr. Perdo (villain, death)
Synopsis:
In a small town populated by many fat people, a weird Dr. Perdo comes to town, offering to help those people through the use of a tiny weight-loss capsule. Four accept his offer and the capsule works on them to perfection. But then, the four people suddenly die horrible deaths, as if they had starved to death. Six months later, Perdo, in disguise, returns to the town, but is discovered and runs into the cemetery to hide into the mausoleum of one of his victims, where he comes face-to-face with the thing that had killed his victims: a giant tapeworm!
Reprinting
In Issue:
The Vault of Horror #2 published January 1982
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
7
Notes:
Script credit from Tales of Terror: The EC Companion.