Astounding Stories #105
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Inside the Crystal Globe" delivers a delightfully strange twist on the carnival trope, with Stan Lee and Larry Lieber crafting a tale where a man with no memory finds himself caught in a deception that unravels into something far stranger. Don Heck’s expressive art brings the story’s eerie, otherworldly tone to life, while Steve Ditko’s striking cover captures the mystery with a haunting, crystalline gaze.
In "The Man From Mars!" from Astounding Stories #105 (1974), a carnival owner tricks an amnesiac into playing a Martian for his act, then refuses to pay him. When the man begins to remember his true origins, he realizes he’s not a fraud—he’s a real Martian, sent to Earth to capture a human for a zoo. Now, with his memory returning, he turns the tables on the man who wronged him.
In "There Is Something Strange about Mister Jones!" from *Astounding Stories* #105 (1974), a desperate thief stumbles upon a man named Davy Jones, who claims to have a fortune hidden in a locker. When the thug demands to see it, Davy leads him to a place where the water doesn’t just drown—it remembers.
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