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Astounding Stories#59
Cover: Steve Ditko
Astounding Stories #59
“The Ancestor”
writer Stan Lee · writer Larry Lieber · artist Jack Kirby · inker Dick Ayers · letterer Artie Simek · cover Steve Ditko
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Cast · 4 characters
Full credits
writer Stan Lee
writer Larry Lieber
artist Jack Kirby
inker Dick Ayers
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko
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The Human Torch discovers an impending invasion from the 5th Dimension, but he is captured by that dimension’s tyrannical ruler. The Torch is freed by the tyrant’s opponents and helps them his troops, freeing his subjects and saving Earth from invasion.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).