Race for the Moon #2
"Island in the Sky" delivers a striking early sci-fi adventure from 1959, where Bart Wallace’s skeptical curiosity in Camerillo, Mexico, takes a sudden turn when he witnesses a blue light snatch his companion Pedro. With art by Ernest Schroeder handling both pencils and inks, the story unfolds with a quiet dread as Wallace’s pursuit of the mysterious phenomenon leads him through fire and isolation. The cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, inks by Al Williamson and Joe Simon, captures the eerie spectacle with bold, dynamic flair.
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Bart Wallace is sightseeing in Camerillo, Mexico. He mocks Pedro who talks about strange happenings. Suddenly Pedro is pulled into the air by a blue light, Wallace grabs hold and both are dropped when a USAF plane spooks their captor. Wallace thinks it strange that a plane could scare an interplanetary craft. Wallace searches for weeks for the strange light and when he eventually does see it shoots it with a rifle. The light moves over Camerillo which catches fire. It's not a craft but a space animal and flies away. Wallace remains searching for evidence, the only man left in Camerillo.
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