Sinister Tales #192
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Man Below," the king of Atlantis, driven by a belief in surface life long thought lost, launches a desperate invasion from the depths. But when his tiny, sea-adapted people emerge into the world above, they find themselves dwarfed and vulnerable—forced to retreat back into the ocean’s embrace. Penciled and inked by Dick Ayers in a striking, atmospheric style, this tale of submerged ambition and scale is bookended by Steve Ditko’s haunting cover art, capturing the eerie beauty of a world beneath the waves.
In "I Am the Scourge of Atlantis!" from Sinister Tales #192, the once-mighty king of Atlantis, driven by a belief that surface life still thrives, launches a desperate invasion from the deep. But when his fleet emerges, he discovers his people have been transformed by centuries underwater—now no larger than insects, utterly outmatched by the world above.
In "I Am... Gorilla!", a gorilla gains human-level intelligence after an atomic explosion, briefly reveling in its newfound mind before the artificial intellect begins to fade—leaving it caught between its primal instincts and the fleeting dream of understanding humanity.
In "I Was a Prisoner on the Planet of Plunder!", a deaf interstellar detective infiltrates a mysterious robbery ring by posing as a cargo pilot on a lawless world where ships vanish without a trace. Trapped on a planet where the natives attempt to steal his cargo and subdue him with hypnotic sound waves, he finds his deafness becomes his greatest advantage—unaffected by their sonic traps.
In "I Saw the Day the World Ended!", a mysterious machine reveals what appears to be the Sun’s final moments—its death in a distant future—sending shockwaves through a world gripped by dread. But when the truth unfolds, the terrifying vision is revealed as the universe’s birth, seen in reverse.
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↩ Reprints Marvel Tales #150 (1956), World of Mystery #5 (1957), Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #5 (1957), Strange Worlds #2 (1959), Strange Worlds #5 (1959), Strange Suspense Stories #65 (1963)
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