Amazing Stories of Suspense #187
In "The Ghost Rode a Roller Coaster!", a small town reels after a flying saucer crash reveals an unsettling truth: the Martians are already among them. When a woman is abducted while fetching coffee, her husband’s frantic call for help leads him to an unexpected ally—one with four arms, just like him. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated with eerie precision by Steve Ditko, this 1980 tale blends suburban dread with cosmic mystery, all wrapped in a striking cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.
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The discovery of a crashed flying saucer frightens a small town, especially when the townspeople realize that the Martians are among them. A month goes by with the aliens still at large. A man leaves for the city and tells his wife to stay in the house where she is safe. Later that day, though, she has to go to the store for coffee. On her way home she is captured! When her husband gets home and finds her missing, he makes a desperate phone call ... to another Martian, who like him must have four arms.
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