Marvel Tales #151
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Barely Human," a Nazi pilot’s desperate chase across a dimensional rift leads him to a strange world where he captures a mysterious dirigible—only to return to his own time decades older, his victory hollow and his reality irrevocably changed. Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated by Jay Scott Pike, this 1956 tale blends wartime intrigue with early science fiction, anchored by Bill Everett’s striking cover art.
In "A Phantom In the Sky!" from Marvel Tales #151 (1956), a Nazi pilot chasing a mysterious dirigible through a strange rift finds himself suddenly transported to another world—only to return to his own time thirty years older, with no memory of what he saw or how he got back. The story unfolds with a quiet dread, as the line between reality and the unknown blurs in the aftermath of a single, impossible flight.
In "The Parasite!" from Marvel Tales #151 (1956), an alien presence intervenes when a wealthy industrialist’s drive for a monopoly on space flight threatens to destabilize Earth’s economic balance. The story unfolds as extraterrestrial observers take notice of human ambition, setting the stage for a tense, unexpected confrontation.
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↩ Reprints Uncanny Tales #34 (1955)
Reprinted in Sinister Tales #1 (1964), Astounding Stories #29 (1968), Sinister Tales #55 (1968), Sinister Tales #128 (1974), Sinister Tales #196 (1983), Secrets of the Unknown #248 (1988), Crypt of Horror #26 (2015), Crypt of Horror #32 (2017), Crypt of Horror #37 (2018), Amazing Stories of Suspense #61, Creepy Worlds #71, El despertar del mundo #19, Secrets of the Unknown #71
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