Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #1
"The Strangers from Space!" kicks off with a towering octopus menacing a communist seaport, drawing in an American marine biologist whose investigation reveals the creature’s origins in nuclear testing—though its sudden size and impending shrinkage in just 24 hours leave more questions than answers. Jack Kirby’s bold artwork, inked by Dick Ayers, brings the eerie, Cold War-era sci-fi spectacle to life, while Steve Ditko’s cover captures the alien dread with striking precision.
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A giant octopus appears in the harbour of a communist seaport. An American marine biologist is sent to help, and finds that it is an ordinary octopus enlarged by communist nuclear tests, and will shrink back in 24 hours.
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