Strange Adventures #85
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Amazing Human Race!", John Adair's groundbreaking machine reveals a shocking truth: the praying mantis isn't just surviving—it's plotting. Written by John Broome and illustrated by Sid Greene with inks by Bernard Sachs, this 1957 Strange Adventures tale turns the natural world on its head. The cover by Gil Kane and Joe Giella captures the eerie tension of a science experiment gone too far.
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John Adair has created a machine that translates animal's brain waves into images on a TV screen. When he tries it on a praying mantis insect he learns of their plan to enslave the human race.
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