Secrets of the Unknown #222
In "I Was a Prisoner of the Martians!", a desperate thug's quest for fame and fortune in the Himalayas takes a bizarre turn when he becomes obsessed with capturing the Abominable Snowman, only to be driven to the edge by the locals' warnings and the eerie silence of the mountains. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with dynamic art by Jack Kirby and inks by Steve Ditko, this 1984 Alan Class classic delivers a chilling, surreal journey where reality blurs—its cover by Jack Kirby and Christopher Rule capturing the mystery perfectly.
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A thug ventures to the Himalayas with the intention of capturing the Abominable Snowman for profit but is frustrated in his attempts of getting the locals to refer him to the creature he has in a photograph. They all tell him to discard the photograph as it is cursed. He plods through the mountains for weeks unable to locate any trace, until his mind is addled, and he drops the photograph which is now a reasonable resemblance of what he has become.
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