He's exploited by management, but tortures animals...yeah, definitely has this coming.

I do enjoy finding an oddball like this in the cheap bins: from 1975, Weird Mystery Tales #22, featuring "A Death at the Races" Written by Michael Fleisher and Russell Carley, art by Franc Reyes.

In 1923, dog racing is the new thing, but trainer Leonard Snively doesn't think his "artistry" is appreciated: to get the dogs used to chasing the mechanical rabbit at the track, he lets them chase down live bunnies in a fenced-in meadow. Feeling underappreciated, Leonard supplements his income with some skimming, but accidentally kills his boss when he gets found out. Legging it from the cops, he finds a small town he hadn't realized was there, and the locals take him in. Leonard explains his job, the sport of dog racing, and how he trained the dogs. But the next day, no one is around, and the streets are deserted. Deserted, except for the monsters!

The monsters chase Leonard, who eventually hits a dead end, but is saved by a gate dropping...and then cheering? Leonard had been the 'rabbit' in a monster race, since he had given the locals the idea how it could be done! And, the best part was, they could keep using Leonard in the races! One gambler asks, wait, what if Leonard tripped or something? Well, guess we'd have to get a new bunny then. Sure enough...

After a Sergio Aragones joke page, next was "A Reckoning in Eden," written by Mal Warwick, art by Bill Draut. Colonists flee a polluted earth, putting themselves into suspended animation for a long trip to a new 'Eden,' only to find a civilization there when they arrive. While some want to take the world by force, their commander explains they hadn't even brought weapons, in the hopes of not repeating the mistakes of earth; but they fall into a common sci-fi trap: earth had invented faster-than-light travel after they left, and had been on Eden for like 3000 years! It was a bit, uh, lived-in.

"Meet My Murderer" is a bit more stylish number; feeling a bit upscale for this book! Ace photographer Tina Van Avery has one goal in life: to get a photograph of a ghost, "if it's the last thing I do!" It's not giving anything away to say she does succeed, but with a bitter twist. Nice art, though: written by Robert Kanigher, art by Tenny Henson. 

Darn, checking the GCD for this one, I saw the cover for #19 first, and that looked more interesting! Weird Mystery Tales only ran 24 issues, but DC had a ton of horror books at the time; one more or less probably didn't make much difference.