Showcase #18
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Invaders from the Atom Universe," Adam Strange finds himself caught in a web of deception on the alien world of Ranagar, where full-size dolls of him have become a cultural craze. When Alanna secretly plans to send Adam and eleven others to the isolated planet Dys, suspicion grows as a mysterious plot involving "KLY" bombs unfolds. Written by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Mike Sekowsky, with inks by Joe Giella, this 1959 Showcase #18 features a cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella, blending sci-fi intrigue with the classic zeta-beam mystery.
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Adam rockets over a cop to meet the zeta beam. The new rage in Ranagar is Adam Strange full-size dolls. Alanna wants to send 11 - plus Adam! - to isolationist Dys, who may be planning an invasion. Alanna fakes an emergency landing. Tak Vall, Chief Scientist, will plant "KLY" bombs in the dolls and destroy Ranagar. Adam sneaks to find Alanna. He jet-packs after a flier - as (wind-up doll) Alanna is pitched over the Flaming Sea. Alanna sees Adam blown up, but he rushes in. The doll didn't perspire. Adam sent the bomb-dolls into the ocean. At the honors dinner - he's zeta-beamed away!
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