Strange Tales #112
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Living Bomb!", a future-space deserter stumbles upon a hauntingly familiar town and its people—only to learn they’re illusions conjured by an alien mind. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with art by Larry Lieber and Paul Reinman, this 1963 Marvel classic unfolds with eerie precision, as reality itself begins to unravel. The cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers captures the story’s unsettling tone, making this a standout issue in the Strange Tales series.
In "The Living Bomb!", the Human Torch finds himself at odds with the public after a TV host launches a smear campaign against him. When a high-tech threat emerges in the form of the Eel and a powerful bomb, the Torch must prove his worth—not through words, but through action.
In "The Man Who Dared!", a greedy gem merchant ventures into the remote mountains of Tibet, drawn by the legend of the world’s largest ruby guarded by a colossal stone statue. After stealing the gem, he flees in his jeep—only to find the mountain path blocked by a falling boulder and the statue, once thought inert, now moving with terrifying purpose.
In "I Saw the Impossible World!", a future-space deserter stumbles upon a hauntingly familiar town and the people he once knew—only to learn from a mysterious stranger that everything he sees is a fleeting illusion born from the minds of visitors. As the truth unravels, he confronts a chilling realization: his own existence may be no more real than the world around him.
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Reprinted in Weird Planets #10 (1962), Marvel Tales #15 (1968), I Fantastici Quattro #11 (1971), Vengeur #12 (1975), Secrets of the Unknown #194 (1980), Strange Tales #3 (1980), Une Aventure des Fantastiques #30 (1983), Essential Human Torch #1 (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 (2006), Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch #1 (2014), The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection #[nn] (2018), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #2 (2019), Uncanny Tales #47
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