Dracula #17
In "Enquête pour un vampire," a 1978 5 FRF comic, a kind-hearted shoemaker whose nightly tales of helpful little people take a chilling turn when he falls ill and turns to a loan shark for help. As the moneylender’s demands grow unbearable, the shoemaker’s stories take on a terrifying reality—those tiny helpers are real, and their retribution is as precise as their craftsmanship. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Steve Ditko with inks by George Roussos, the issue’s eerie tone is matched by Gil Kane’s cover pencils and Tom Palmer’s inks.
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A shoemaker who enjoys telling the neighborhood children stories of the little people who come out at night to help him make shoes becomes ill and goes to a loan shark to acquire money for medical treatment. The loan shark harasses him constantly to make interest payments on his loan so he must work night and day. The last time the greedy money lender visits the shoemaker he gets the shock of his life as it turns out the little people are real. They shrink the man and put him to work building shoes for the shoemaker.
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