Astonishing #44
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeAtlas Comics' pre-Marvel anthology delivers another collection of all brand-new tales in this December 1955 issue, with a cover by Carl Burgos that sets an unsettling mood from the first glance. A man and a blonde woman descend a darkened staircase toward an eerie, dimly lit figure seated on a throne-like chair at the far end of the room — the tagline asking "What Was Waiting for Them Inside the House?" doing exactly enough to make your skin crawl. Inside, writer Paul S. Newman and artist Bob Powell bring their own brand of tension to "Abra Cadabra!" and the rest of this suspense-filled lineup.
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A man on a sea cruise sees the Empire State building, the Sphinx, and a Buddha floating on the water and his love interest tells him a story that she is an Atlantean collecting these object as souvenirs for her people. Later the captain tells him that a movie is being filmed on an island shot with balsa wood replicas of these famous monuments, he thinks the girl was just pulling his leg, but he can't find her on board. After they dock, she doesn't get off, so he asks the film producer about her and is told they don't have such an actress and there will be no movie as all the props were stolen.
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