Vault of Evil 1973 #1 - 8.0 - $50.00

Professor Borglum creates a new life when his blood is accidently mixed with an experiment. When it continues to grow and kill people for their blood he tries to find a way to kill it.

While in Tibet John Clay steals a priceless ruby that a monk tells him contains a sinner's soul. While stealing it he also removes the monk's hand. With his dying breath the monk says that he will come for John when his (the monk's) hand turns to ashes. John escapes and sells the ruby and becomes rich. Now he has to try to keep the monk's hand from turning to ashes.

The story of a little (roughly inch tall) man who lives in a little green box and comes out every night to do a good deed. One day a burglar steals his box and asks the little man to tell him the secret of how to be as small as he is so that he can rob banks. Unfortunately, the little man is nice enough to show him how.

Henry Higgins is an obnoxious man who enjoys being mean to others and harrasses a young lady at the library. When she quits to get away from him he decides to pick on her replacement, Mr. Watkins. He enjoys bothering him at the library and even after hours when he leaves the library. When Harry goes to far he goes to Mr. Watkins house where he gets a big surprise.

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #90, October 1972.

• Come Midnight -- Come Monster! - Art credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (1 April 2006)
• The Withered Hand - job number nearly illegible
• On Sale Now! - House ad for Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (February 1973), featuring what appears to be new art on the Man-Thing illo.
• The Man in the Box! - Index of the original story and atlastales.com indicate that the story was signed by the artists, but signatures were apparently removed from the reprint.