Amazing Mystery Funnies #12
In "The Hidden Empire (Part 4)," a mad scientist's wild invention threatens to unravel time itself, accelerating the Earth’s rotation to the point where a single day passes in under a minute. With art by Fred Schwab, this pulpy sci-fi thriller from 1939 delivers a bizarre, high-stakes spectacle where even the most basic understanding of physics is upended. The cover by Paul Gustavson captures the era’s dramatic flair, a 10-cent glimpse into a world where science and madness collide.
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A scientist invents a super atom bombarder which can harness the energy of 10,000,000,000,000,000 atoms per second and will cause the Earth to spin around 1400 times faster, causing one day to pass every minute. The ignoramus the scientist is explaining this to doesn't really understand the concept but wonders what effect the device will have on people.
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