Strange Tales #175
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Torr," Stan Lee and Steve Ditko deliver a chilling, dreamlike tale of paranoia and transformation, as fugitive Pierre La Roc seeks refuge in a wax museum—only to find the exhibits are far from still. The story unfolds with eerie precision, blending suspense and the uncanny as the frozen figures awaken, setting off a surreal chase that blurs the line between man and mimic. The cover by Jack Kirby and John Romita, inked by Dick Ayers and John Romita, captures the museum’s haunting atmosphere with striking detail.
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Pierre La Roc is a criminal on the run, he climbs in through an open widow to escape the police, and finds himself in a wax museum. He hides as part of one of the exhibits as the police search the place. After the police leave, the wax figures come to life and chase La Roc out of the building, whereupon he then surrenders to the police. Later, a policeman discusses the strange case with a figure in a top hat, who later returns to his place as one of the wax figures in the museum.
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