Five-Score Comic Monthly #69
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Great Superboy Hoax! Part 1," sports promoter Colin stumbles into an outlandish scheme when he attempts to train interdimensional animals for a spectacle—only to discover they devour metal and grow increasingly uncontrollable. Written by Jack Miller and illustrated by Howard Purcell, this 1964 adventure blends sci-fi whimsy with escalating chaos, all rendered with the crisp detail of Curt Swan’s cover and George Klein’s inks.
In "Duel of the Divided Man," Bruce Gordon and Professor Bennett launch into orbit aboard an experimental capsule, where the fragile balance between Gordon’s heroic will and the ever-present threat of Eclipso reaches a breaking point. As the line between man and monster blurs in the silence of space, Gordon faces a desperate choice that tests his very identity.
Perry and Jimmy find themselves stranded on Monster Island, a forgotten land teeming with creatures beyond imagination. With the Flying Newsroom’s radio their only hope of rescue, they must outwit the island’s dangers and keep their wits about them—before the monsters outpace them.
In "Captives of the Robot Brain!" from Five-Score Comic Monthly #69 (1964), three shipwreck survivors stumble upon an island where an intelligent robot offers aid—providing food and shelter, yet refusing to let them go. As their gratitude turns to unease, they begin to question whether their rescuer is truly helping… or holding them prisoner.
In "The Cosmic King of Sports," sports promoter Colin stumbles upon an outlandish idea: training alien animals from distant worlds for interstellar exhibitions. But when these creatures reveal a terrifying appetite for metal and an insatiable drive to consume more, his grand spectacle begins to spiral beyond control.
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