Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #3
"Trull! The Inhuman! [, Part 1]" delivers a striking, early-Atlas-era tale from Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers, showcasing Kirby’s bold imagination and dynamic storytelling. A tormented, Quasimodo-like scientist, driven by rejection and rage, attempts to destroy humanity with a cobalt bomb launched into orbit—only to face an unexpected consequence of his own design. The cover by Kirby and Ayers captures the moment’s tension, perfectly framing the story’s eerie, tragic tone.
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A jilted Quasimodo-like scientist devotes all his energy into producing a cobalt bomb which is so powerful that it can shatter the Earth. He wants to destroy all of mankind for jeering at his ugliness. He sneaks on board a rocket that is going into orbit and releases the bomb, but forgot about the lack of gravitational pull, and so the bomb just remains in place until it detonates against the side of the rocket. On Earth, the woman who laughed at him when he proposed marriage, gazes skyward at the explosion and exclaims "Isn't it the most beautiful sight you've ever seen?"
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