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Astounding Stories#189
Cover: Bill Everett

Astounding Stories #189

Jan 1988 · Alan Class · 0.55 GBP
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“What Lurks in the Fog?”

In "What Lurks in the Fog?", office worker Len Brown’s mundane day takes a wild turn when he’s swept from his desk to Hong Kong and then deep beneath the Earth, caught in a conspiracy that threatens to ignite a nuclear catastrophe. With the help of the mysterious Iron Maiden, Len must navigate deadly traps and ancient schemes, all while his chance to ask the Chief for a raise slips away. Written by Wally Wood and Tim Battersby, with art by Mike Sekowsky and inks by Frank Giacoia, this 1988 adventure from Alan Class features a striking cover by Bill Everett.

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writer Wally Wood · writer Tim Battersby · artist Mike Sekowsky · inker Frank Giacoia · letterer Ben Oda · cover Bill Everett

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writer Wally Wood
letterer Ben Oda
cover pencils, inks Bill Everett

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Len Brown plan on asking the Chief for a raise, but before he can get to it, adventure whisks him away. First to Hong Kong, where he is at the mercy of the Red Dragon, then to the subterranean world, where he must stop the Overlord's ambition of creating nuclear Armageddon on the surface world. Help comes in the unlikely guise of the Iron Maiden. By the end of the adventure, Len finds that his chance to ask for a raise has passed him by.

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