Mystery in Space #10
In "The Runaway Space-Train!", when mysterious thefts plague a missile testing base, Munston calls in Blake for help—only to find the security system flawless. With cameras set to catch the culprit, the footage reveals a startling truth: furniture and objects are coming to life, stealing supplies, and fleeing into a crevice left by a recent earthquake. The signal they send down the fissure triggers an explosion in a stolen warhead, hinting at a larger, hidden threat. Art by Doug Wildey, with cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia, this 1960 thriller blends sci-fi mystery and surreal action in a 1/- comic from Thorpe & Porter.
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Munston cannot find out who is stealing from the missile testing base so calls in help. Blake arrives but finds nothing wrong with security and so sets up cameras to trap the thief. The film shows furniture coming to life and stealing items. They approach a couch which fights and almost defeats them until it is stunned when it falls onto a generator. Outside more creatures come to life and the captured creature shrinks out of sight. The creatures are followed to a crevice caused by a recent earthquake. They send a signal down the crevice which blows up some explosive in a stolen warhead.
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