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Astounding Stories#38
Cover: Pete Morisi & Pete Morisi
Astounding Stories #38
“This One's For Tabu! [Special Case 0005]”
writer Stan Lee · writer Larry Lieber · artist Jack Kirby · inker Dick Ayers · letterer Ray Holloway · cover Pete MorisiPete Morisi
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Full credits
writer Stan Lee
writer Larry Lieber
artist Jack Kirby
inker Dick Ayers
letterer Ray Holloway
cover pencils Pete Morisi
cover inks Pete Morisi
Full plot ⚠ may contain spoilers
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An alien race with immense telepathic and telekinetic powers send one of their kind to conquer Earth. He easily defeats the police and army and freezes Washington, DC in a block of ice, but is killed by a gorilla while resting because he only prepared defences against humans.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).