The Dark Road
Job #
9176
Pages
6
Type
art
Credits
Russ Heath pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
The Trumpet!
Job #
9302
Pages
2
Type
art
Credits
Joe Maneely pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: Gag story. This is typical of the sort of stories Stan Lee wrote for Menace, but it isn't
signed.
You're Killing Me!
Job #
9228
Pages
3
Type
art
Credits
Norman Steinberg pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Draw Me A Picture
Job #
9150
Pages
5
Type
art
Credits
George Tuska pencils attributed
George Tuska inks guess
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: The newspaper vendor on page three is a typical Tuska figure. This is one of
those stories about an artist, that pop up now and again. In this one ad
agency artist Fred discovers he has an eraser that can actually make anything
he draws from life disappear. He uses it to get rich. In the end he surprisingly
makes someone disappear who is very near and dear to him. - Ger A.
The Old Woman
Job #
9143
Pages
5
Type
art
Credits
Paul Reinman pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: Very detailed drawing early Reinman story. Very well written, too. The
important plot points aren't spelled out for the reader, but still clear. A couple
of criminals rent a room from a nice old lady, She tells them a secret... she
used to be a writer, but her books went out of style. The couple (who pretend
to be man and wife) plan to take over in the house while cashing in her
checks. The old lady likes the idea... she's excited that she is going to be a
prisoner in her own house. The couple try to be menacing, but she keeps
smiling. They suspect she is keeping something from them. When they force
her to tell what it is, she takes them to the cellar... and locks them in. Then she
tells them her secret: "Remember I told you I used to be a writer? Well, I
always wanted to make a comback... as a writer of... SUSPENSE. But I
couldn't get any ideas. Then you showed up! Now I have got my plot and I am
going away to write it! You'll be all alone here... for good!" The accompanying
panel is pretty weird, too. The woman isn't drawn normally, but in some sort of
dot print, making it look that the artist has picked a photo from a newspaper! - Ger A.