Sinister Tales #186
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Wax People!", Stan Lee and Steve Ditko deliver a quietly haunting tale set in a communist bloc country, where a fugitive finds refuge with an elderly couple. When their humble shack mysteriously reappears just beyond the Iron Curtain—freshly repaired and untouched by time—the guest reveals himself as an angel, repaying kindness with a miracle, before ascending back to heaven. The cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko captures the story’s eerie, otherworldly tone, making this 1982 Alan Class issue a standout in the series.
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In a communist bloc country, a fugitive seeks shelter from an elderly couple who grant it to him. The next day they find their shack has been transplanted outside of the iron curtain and repaired to look as new. They regard the event as impossible but their guest says he was merely repaying the kindness shown to a stranger and is revealed to be an angel who was traversing the communist-occupied country for an unknown reason and then he ascends back to heaven.
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