Amazing Stories of Suspense #70
In "File #107 The Day They Killed Sarge Steel," a mysterious object descends on New York with a relentless ticking, triggering mass panic and a full city evacuation. As military forces stand by, the device suddenly lifts into the sky and vanishes—its purpose fulfilled not through destruction, but through silence. Written and illustrated by Steve Ditko, with lettering by Artie Simek, this chilling tale from Alan Class’s Amazing Stories of Suspense #70 presents a quiet, unsettling alien encounter, rendered with Ditko’s signature precision. The cover, by Dick Giordano, captures the moment of dread with stark, shadowed detail.
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A threatening object that appears to be a bomb drops from the sky and lands in New York city. The object even emits ticking sounds that lead people to believe they are in imminent danger and so the city the evacuated. The military cordons off the object and just waits for its detonation. Eventually the ticking stops and it rises into the air and disappears. It was recalled to its planet of origin because no living thing touched it in response to its signals, and its makers assume Earth is barren of life, so they send their gift package off to another world.
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