Classic Pulp: Robots #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "I Want To Be a Man!", Jack Kirby’s visionary storytelling brings to life a haunting tale of creation and longing, as a scientist’s sentient machine, Fabiac, pleads to be more than a mind in a box. Kirby’s dynamic art and inks, with Joe Simon’s contributions, lend weight to the emotional core of a machine’s desperate yearning for humanity—only to face a devastating truth in the mirror. The cover by Alex Schomburg captures the story’s eerie, poignant tone with striking precision.
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A scientist creates a powerful calculating machine he names Fabiac. He's shocked when he discovers Fabiac has gained sentience and asks to be like a man. The scientist builds him a body, but when Fabiac sees himself in a mirror and realizes he's a hulking monstrosity, he destroys himself.
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