Astounding Stories #148
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Menace from the Moon" delivers a gripping sci-fi thriller in Astounding Stories #148, where the subterranean scientist Lord Uru unveils his twisted experiment: raising a surface child, Andor, to be a weapon against the surface world. Written by Tim Brent and brought to life with striking precision by Steve Ditko, with inks by Wally Wood, the story follows Andor’s harrowing journey as he infiltrates the resistance group THUNDER, battles his conditioning, and ultimately turns on his creator. The cover by Wally Wood captures the eerie tension of this underground conflict, making this 1980 release a standout in the series.
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The subterranean scientist Lord Uru reports on his latest project to overthrow the surface dwellers to the Overlord. His project involved raising an abandoned surface baby, and subjecting the child to treatments to control its mind and give it super-human strength. The human, named Andor, infiltrates THUNDER, and nearly kills Dynamo before freeing himself from mind control. Andor returns to the subterranean world and kills Lord Uru.
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