Strange Adventures #53
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Human Icicle!", a humanoid alien from Pluto swaps places with an Earth scientist, forcing him to endure extreme cold to survive. Written by Otto Binder and illustrated by Carmine Infantino with inks by Bernard Sachs and lettering by Gaspar Saladino, this 1955 Strange Adventures tale blends sci-fi intrigue with a chilling survival premise. The cover, by Murphy Anderson, captures the eerie, frozen tension of the story.
In "The Human Icicle!", a humanoid alien from Pluto finds himself stranded on Earth after swapping places with a human scientist, now facing a deadly truth: to survive, he must endure absolute zero temperatures—or perish. The story unfolds with quiet urgency, exploring the fragile line between survival and identity in a body not his own.
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Reprinted in My Greatest Adventure #2 (1955), Strange Adventures #14 (1955), Titanes Planetarios #37 (1956), Titanes Planetarios #38 (1956), Titanes Planetarios #42 (1957), My Greatest Adventure #25 (1957), Superman Annual #1958 (1958), My Greatest Adventure #42 (1960), Blackhawk #148 (1960), House of Mystery #98 (1960), Batman #173 (1965), World's Finest Comics #165 (1967), Strange Adventures #234 (1972), Superboy #74 (1972)
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