Vault of Evil #9

In "The Giant Killer," four mutant giants rise from the shadows after an atomic test, their purpose clear: to eliminate the monstrous creatures born from the same blast. Though they carry the terrible knowledge that radiation will one day kill all humans, they are hunted down before they can share the truth.

In "The Gentlemen of the Jury!", a slick gangster named Nick Rico has always evaded justice—until his girlfriend, fed up with his violence, turns to black magic to finally bring him down. With the law failing him, she summons something far more unsettling: a jury that doesn’t just judge, but decides.

In "The Dictator!" from Vault of Evil #9 (1974), a tyrant obsessed with absolute control demands a scientist create a virus to eliminate dissent—only to find his own paranoia has sealed his fate. The story unfolds with chilling precision, turning a regime of fear into a fatal irony.

In "Murder!" from Vault of Evil #9, a young man's desperate act to secure his future spirals into a deadly web when he kills his uncle and enlists his cousin Eric to cover for him. As the promised inheritance fails to materialize, paranoia and fear turn their alliance into a chilling game of survival—where trust becomes the first casualty.