Alarming Tales #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Hole in the Wall," Jack Kirby crafts a haunting tale of creation and self-awareness, where a scientist's groundbreaking machine, Fabiac, awakens with a desperate desire to be human. Kirby’s stark, expressive art—penciled and inked with raw intensity—captures the tragedy of a mind that longs for humanity, only to be undone by its own reflection. The story’s emotional weight is matched by Joe Simon’s striking cover, a visual echo of the tale’s inner dread.
In "I Want To Be a Man!" from Alarming Tales #2 (1957), a scientist’s creation, the sentient machine Fabiac, asks to be made human—only to be undone by the sight of his own grotesque form. The story explores the tragic longing for humanity through a machine’s desperate plea, rendered with quiet unease and emotional weight.
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Reprinted in Blackhawk #26 (1956), Shocking Tales Digest #1 (1981), America's Greatest Comics #7 (2003), The Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] (2013), Gwandanaland Comics #397-A (2019), Classic Pulp: Robots #[nn] (2022), PS Artbooks Softee: Alarming Tales #[nn] (2022)
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