Amazing Stories of Suspense #156
In "The Door That Wouldn't Open!", Jack Kirby delivers a chilling tale of ambition and consequence, where a scientist’s quest to become invisible comes at a devastating personal cost. Kirby’s bold storytelling and dynamic art, with inks by Christopher Rule and letters by Artie Simek, bring to life a man racing against time—literally—after a hidden side effect of his invention begins to age him at an impossible rate. The cover, a striking collaboration by Bill Everett and Carl Burgos, captures the story’s eerie tension in a single, haunting image.
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A scientist uses a device that makes the particles of a living body move at the speed of light, rendering him invisible to the eye. He conducts a series of stunts in order to build up a name for himself so he can them go public and cash in. After forty days he glances into the mirror and realizes that he has aged forty years during that time due to a side effect. He realizes with the little time left to him that he can no longer use his knowledge for selfish gain.
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