Cover: Bill Everett

Astonishing #53

Sep 1956 · Marvel · 0.10 USD

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“The Hidden Valley!”

In "The Hidden Valley!", a scientist's desperate attempt to save a failing regime backfires when the dictator's time machine malfunctions, depositing him as an infant in the past—trapped in a life he never lived. Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated with eerie precision by Steve Ditko, this 1956 Marvel classic blends Cold War dread with the unsettling twist of identity lost across time. The cover by Bill Everett captures the mystery with a striking, shadowed valley scene.

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writer Carl Wessler · artist, inker Steve Ditko · letterer Joe Letterese · cover Bill Everett

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writer Carl Wessler

artist, inker Steve Ditko

letterer Joe Letterese

cover pencils, inks Bill Everett

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A scientist builds a time machine for a dictator who wishes to travel 50 years into the past with gold and plans for the H-Bomb in order to escape a losing war. Unfortunately for him, the device drops him into the past as he was 50 years ago, an infant.

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