Astounding Stories #105

Jan 1974 · Alan Class · 0.10 GBP

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“Inside the Crystal Globe”

"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.

writer Stan Lee · writer Larry Lieber · artist, inker Don Heck · letterer Artie Simek · cover Steve Ditko

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writer Stan Lee

writer Larry Lieber

artist, inker Don Heck

letterer Artie Simek

cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko

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A dishonest carnival owner hires an amnesiac to play a Martian and cheats him on his wages. When the man regains his memory, he realizes that he really is a Martian, sent to Earth to capture a human for the zoo, and so he takes the crook with him.

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