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Cover: Carl Burgos

Marvel Tales #139

Oct 1955 · Marvel · 0.10 USD
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“The Nothing Man!”

In "The Nothing Man!", a boxing hopeful discovers a mysterious powder that grants him invisibility—turning him into a middleweight champion with a secret edge. But when he starts pushing his luck on the roads, thinking he's untouchable, a strange trap closes in: the police have built a jail around him, and he can't see how to escape. Penciled and inked by Pete Tumlinson with lettering by Jon D'Agostino, this 1955 tale from Marvel Tales #139 features a striking cover by Carl Burgos, capturing the eerie twist of a man who’s invisible to the world—except when he’s not.

artist, inker Pete Tumlinson · letterer Jon D'Agostino · cover Carl Burgos

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artist, inker Pete Tumlinson
cover pencils, inks Carl Burgos

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When a boxing hopeful invents a powder that makes him invisible in the ring, he becomes middle-weight champ. He decides the speed limit doesn't apply to him, since he knows the police can't see him, but after waking from a nap he finds that the police have constructed a jail around him.

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