My Greatest Adventure #12
In "I Hunted Big Game in Outer Space," a skeptical scientist takes a cosmic twist on illusion when a mysterious performance in Calcutta—once thought to be magic—leads to a journey beyond Earth, where the line between deception and the unknown blurs. Written by Jack Miller and illustrated by Raymond Perry, this 1956 DC tale blends wonder and skepticism, with Mort Meskin’s striking cover capturing the eerie allure of the unknown.
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A Calcutta magician's famous rope trick, witnessed by many, was a hoax using a bamboo pole and mist. Another fakir's "suspended animation" in a sealed cubicle for 62 hours was also debunked by scientific calculation. Both were elaborate deceptions, not magic.
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