Journey into Mystery #79
In "The Midnight Monster," a cunning midget uses a lifelike dummy disguise to infiltrate homes under cover of night, but his latest robbery takes a deadly turn when he kills a victim—only to be trapped in a trunk by the police, left to suffocate. This 1962 issue, written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber and illustrated by Don Heck with colors by Stan Goldberg, features a chilling tale of deception and desperation, with a striking cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.
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A midget disguises himself as a dummy to gain access to homes to rob them. When he murders someone while robbing their home the police do not see through his disguise, but they put him in a trunk where he will suffocate.
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