Amazing Adventures #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "I Am Robot X," Stan Lee and Steve Ditko deliver a striking early Marvel tale of moral reckoning, where ruthless businessman Simon Sledge finds his fate unexpectedly upended by a mysterious shoeshine. When his feet begin moving on their own, leading him away from a deal that would cement his power, the truth behind the bootblack’s calm gaze begins to unfold. A haunting, visually inventive story with a twist that lingers long after the final page, rendered in Ditko’s distinctive style and colored by Stan Goldberg, with a striking cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.
In "Who or What Was...the Bootblack?" from Amazing Adventures #4 (1961), Simon Sledge—a man whose cruelty knows no bounds—finds his path abruptly rerouted when a chance shoeshine sends his feet walking in a direction far from the deal that could secure his empire. As he turns back, the bootblack reveals a truth beyond mortal reach: when greed goes unchecked, even the highest laws have a way of catching up.
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Reprinted in Creepy Worlds #34 (1964), Sinister Tales #100 (1971), Uncanny Tales #74 (1971), Amazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] (2007), Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Rarities #1 (2014), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby #2 (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #1 (2019)
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