Astonishing #48
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "It Happened at Midnight!" from Astonishing #48 (1956), a pirate captain's fate takes a strange turn when a gypsy aboard his captured scow warns him of a storm and arrest—exactly as predicted. Bob Powell handles both art and inks for the interior, while Carl Burgos and Bill Everett team up on the cover, bringing to life the eerie moment before the prophecy unfolds. The tale spins on a twist of time and superstition, leaving the captain questioning whether magic or the date line truly shaped his fate.
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A pirate captures a gypsy scow and a gypsy foretells that the captain's experience tomorrow will be to be stuck in a gale and arrested by the Spanish army. A day goes by uneventfully, but the next day, the prophecy comes true and the captain resolves to hunt down the Gypsy for working her magic on Thursday instead of Wednesday as she said. His Spanish jailers inform him that it is Wednesday, as the gale has pushed his ship across the international date line.
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