Forbidden Worlds #68
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Circular Trap!", ancient Egyptian figure Iknaton finds himself thrust into the chaos of World War II, his fate tied to the mysterious Babylonian Circle—a power that grants him time travel but traps him in an endless loop of imprisonment and return. Penciled and inked by Dick Beck, this 1958 adventure from American Comics Group unfolds with a haunting sense of inevitability, while Ogden Whitney’s striking cover captures the eerie, timeless tension of Iknaton’s plight.
In "The Circular Trap!" from Forbidden Worlds #68 (1958), ancient Egyptian figure Iknaton is thrust into the chaos of World War II, his fate bound by the mysterious Babylonian Circle—a power that grants him time travel, yet traps him in an endless loop of imprisonment and escape.
An American Museum expedition led by Dr. Johnson uncovers a vast underground cavern containing the ruins of an impossibly ancient civilization—complete with strange mechanical devices and cryptic artwork. When Andrews discovers a peculiar camera-like apparatus alongside a cache of photographs, the team makes a startling realization about the technological prowess of those who came before history itself.
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Reprinted in Unknown Worlds #25 (1963), Astounding Stories #16 (1967), Adventures into the Unknown #172 (1967), Avontuur Classics #1881 (1968), Turok #13 (1968), Sinister Tales #107 (1971), Uncanny Tales #109 (1974), Sinister Tales #159 (1978), Sinister Tales #194 (1983), Uncanny Tales #171 (1985), Adventures into the Unknown #12, Astounding Stories #75, Sinister Tales #43, Uncanny Tales #17
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