Astounding Stories #56
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Menace of the Inca Serpent!", Stan Lee and Steve Ditko deliver a sharp, suspenseful tale where an alien survivor from a defeated armada finds himself stranded on Earth—disguised as an ordinary man. As military forces hunt for a monstrous invader, the real threat quietly observes from the sidelines, unmasked and utterly unimpressed by human arrogance. The story’s quiet tension is perfectly captured in the cover by John Rosenberger, where the alien’s calm demeanor belies the danger he represents.
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An alien armada attempts to conquer Earth, but is driven off. One of the ships is damaged and forced to land on Earth, its pilot an outcast forever on the planet. The military soldiers are convinced they will capture the alien at any moment since it must be of monstrous appearance. As they walk past a nondescript gentlemen reading a newspaper, he says softly "It's a shame we just didn't land secretly and take over. These earthlings are so conceited that it would never occur to them that someone else would look just like them."
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