Historias Fantásticas #2
In "El hombre que se apoderó de un genio," a scientist's invention—a camera that brings photos into three dimensions—unleashes a dangerous chain of events when his neighbor Adam Hale steals it and kills him to keep it. With the camera’s power, Hale tries to escape the law by trapping himself inside a photograph, only to face unintended consequences when the film is ruined. Leonard Starr’s art brings the eerie, surreal tension to life, with every panel sharpened by his distinctive pencils and inks, making this early 1958 tale from Editorial Novaro a striking example of speculative horror from the era.
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A scientist creates a camera that produces three-dimensional versions of the items photographed. The scientist's neighbor Adam Hale sees the potential in the camera and steals it, killing the scientist in the process. Hale uses the camera, realizing that what he plucks from the pictures is actually taken from the subjects of the photos and that he has drawn the attention of the police. To hide from the authorities, he photographs himself, to hide in the film until a local boy releases him later. But the scientist's cat knocks over the camera and the film is exposed and ruined.
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