Strange Adventures #8
In "Evolution Plus!", scientist Ralph Gain’s groundbreaking machine takes an unexpected turn when his friend Johnny Farrel, after a fatal accident, uses it to alter his own form—only to spiral through the evolutionary ladder and descend into something primal. Written by Gardner F. Fox and illustrated by Bob Oksner with inks by Bernard Sachs, this 1951 Strange Adventures tale explores the terrifying consequences of unchecked ambition and the fragile line between man and beast. The cover, by Win Mortimer, captures the moment of transformation with eerie precision.
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Scientist Ralph Gain invents a machine that can evolve animal subjects. His hoodlum friend, Johnny Farrel, accidentally kills him and uses the machine on himself, running up the evolutionary ladder until he finds himself devolved into a gorilla's form. He tries to convinced authorities that he is Gain but he slowly loses his mind and becomes a gorilla in thought as well as form.
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