Strange Tales #78
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "A Martian Walks Among Us!", a scientist’s decades-long experiment with psychic amplification pushes him to near-omnipotence—until a betrayal from within leaves him physically broken and powerless. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with art by Don Heck and coloring by Stan Goldberg, this 1960 Marvel classic blends psychological tension with a haunting sense of isolation. The cover by Jack Kirby and George Klein captures the story’s eerie, otherworldly tone.
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A scientist discovers his own innate psychic power and builds a machine to slowly enhance it. He is nearly omnipotent after more than a decade, but when his assistant betrays him he finds his muscles too atrophied to repair the device and his powers vanish.
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