Creepy Worlds #187
In "The Laundry Machines!", an unemployed actor stumbles upon a mysterious room filled with two billion cards—each assigning a person their place in life. When he demands a new role and is denied, the unseen voice of a loudspeaker swiftly reassigns him, turning his life into something far darker than he ever imagined. Penciled and inked by Sid Check, this eerie tale from Alan Class’s Creepy Worlds #187 (1979) features a chilling cover by Bill Everett.
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An unemployed actor comes across a room with two billion cards in it which assigns all human beings their role in life. A loudspeaker takes requests from people who wish to change their roles. When the actor is refused his request for a new role, he threatens to expose the setup, and the loudspeaker voice reassigns the man's role from actor to mental patient.
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