Astounding Stories #36
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Synthetic Stand-Ins," a desperate criminal steals a dying man’s jacket and discovers a mysterious airline ticket inside—only to find himself aboard a plane with no crew and no other passengers. As panic sets in, the truth behind the ticket begins to unravel in ways no one could have foreseen. Penciled and inked by Alphonso Greene, with lettering by Artie Simek, this eerie 1968 tale unfolds under the striking cover by Wally Wood.
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A criminal steals a dying man's jacket and when he finds an airline ticket in the pocket he attempts to use the plane to escape the police. When he boards the plane it takes off and he is surprised to see that there are no other passengers or even a pilot. He panics and tries to leave the plane. The police find his body in a field as though he had fallen from a great height. Since the criminal had taken Death's plane ticket meant for him, the dying man recovers.
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