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Cover: Carl Burgos

Secrets of the Unknown #242

Jan 1988 · Alan Class · 0.55 GBP
“The Nothing Man!”

In "The Nothing Man!", a boxing hopeful's experimental invisibility powder turns him into a middleweight champion—until his newfound freedom leads him to test the limits of the law. When he wakes from a nap, he discovers the police have outsmarted him with a jail built around his invisible form. Penciled and inked by Pete Tumlinson, with lettering by Jon D'Agostino, this 1988 Alan Class classic features a cover by Carl Burgos, capturing the surreal tension of a man who can't be seen—yet is trapped all the same.

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artist, inker Pete Tumlinson · letterer Jon D'Agostino · cover Carl Burgos

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artist, inker Pete Tumlinson
cover pencils, inks Carl Burgos

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When a boxing hopeful invents a powder that makes him invisible in the ring, he becomes middle-weight champ. He decides the speed limit doesn't apply to him, since he knows the police can't see him, but after waking from a nap he finds that the police have constructed a jail around him.

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