Strange Tales #82
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Thing Called...It!", a scientist’s desperate experiment spirals out of control when the creature he builds refuses to follow his orders. As fear spreads and the townspeople turn on the being, a shocking twist redefines what it means to be alive—leaving the scientist dead and the creature reborn in a new form. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with bold art by Jack Kirby and inks by Dick Ayers, this 1961 classic features a cover by Kirby and Ayers that captures the story’s eerie, suspenseful tone.
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A scientist builds a creature to kill a rival, but it refuses to obey. Its creator turns the local people against it, and in trying to kill the creature, the scientist is killed and the thing’s mind is transferred to his body, freeing it to live as a man.
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