Tales of Horror #4
In "The Curse of King Kala," a desperate scientist’s experiment to elevate animal intelligence spirals into chaos when his super-intelligent rats seize control of a European city. With the U.N. forced to evacuate the population by sea and obliterate the city with a nuclear strike, the final horror lies in what escaped—rats now aboard the fleeing ships, carrying the threat beyond the flames. Illustrated by Myron Fass, this chilling tale from Tales of Horror #4 (1953) features a cover by Ernie Schroeder.
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A scientist from a small European city creates a serum that doubles the intelligence of animals. He experiments on rats by turning them into beings as intelligent as humans. With this army of super intelligent rats, the now mad scientist overthrows the local government and takes over the city. U.N officials have the population escape on ships and nuke the overrun city destroying the scientist and his army of rats. Unfortunately, the problem is that some of the rats had escaped onto the ships!
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