Amazing Adventures #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Sserpo! The Creature Who Crushed the Earth!", a discarded growth serum fuels a monstrous transformation in a lizard, unleashing a planet-threatening menace. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with dynamic art by Jack Kirby and inks by George Klein, this 1961 Marvel classic blends sci-fi wonder and pulp adventure. The cover by Kirby and Klein captures the scale of the threat, while the story's twist hinges on a forgotten legacy and an unexpected cosmic connection.
In "Sserpo! The Creature Who Crushed the Earth!", a forgotten growth serum accidentally consumed by a lizard triggers a terrifying transformation—turning the creature into a colossal threat to humanity. With the planet in peril, the great-grandson of the serum’s inventor must reach out to alien allies on Jupiter, hoping their advanced science can reverse the disaster before it’s too late.
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↩ Reprints Strange Tales #48 (1956)
Reprinted in Mystic #36 (1963), Creepy Worlds #34 (1964), Creepy Worlds #116 (1971), Secrets of the Unknown #116 (1971), Seriemagasinet #76 (1971), Seriemagasinet #79 (1971), Monsters on the Prowl #27 (1973), Giant-Size Man-Thing #3 (1975), 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), Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus #[nn] (2021), Marvel: August 1961 #[nn] (2024)
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