Race for the Moon #13
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "A Highly Localized Snowfall!", a nervous lab assistant takes a risky step toward self-acceptance when he experiments with a growth serum meant to help him reach normal height—only to find himself soaring far beyond it, facing the thinning air of the upper atmosphere. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with dynamic art by Jack Kirby and inks by Christopher Rule, this 1964 tale from Thorpe & Porter delivers a quirky, heartfelt twist on ambition and perspective. The cover by Artie Simek captures the moment of peak absurdity with a perfectly timed, towering silhouette.
In "A Giant Walks the Earth!" from Race for the Moon #13 (1964), a short lab assistant experiments with a growth serum hoping to reach normal height—only to find himself growing far beyond human limits, facing the thinning air at dizzying altitudes. As his body strains against the sky, he must confront what it truly means to be content with who he is.
In "Ghost Ship!" from Race for the Moon #13 (1964), a routine Coast Guard patrol leads to a chilling discovery: an abandoned Soviet submarine adrift in the Arctic. The crew's log reveals a terrifying misunderstanding—mistaking an alien vessel for a secret American prototype—and the chilling aftermath of what happened when the aliens boarded.
In "Earth in Chains!" from Race for the Moon #13 (1964), alien conquerors from Regulus enslave humanity, reducing people to beasts in their own world. As the invaders impose their rule, a fragile hope emerges—Earth’s own microbes may be the one thing they can’t survive.
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