Tales of Suspense #26
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "It Crawls by Night!", a desperate farmer faces a terrifying night-time threat when a mysterious plant he’s cultivated begins to grow uncontrollably, devouring everything in its path. With help from his son and the townsfolk, he discovers the plant’s weakness lies in a strange meteorite that fell from the sky earlier that day. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with dynamic art by Jack Kirby and inks by George Klein, this gripping 1962 tale blends rural suspense with cosmic mystery—its cover by Kirby and Klein capturing the eerie tension perfectly.
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A farmer develops a plant that grows so quickly at night that it becomes a menace to all objects around it by crushing and tossing them. The farmer feels he is done for as he runs to hide behind a meteorite that fell from the sky earlier in the day, but as the plant touches the rock, it begins to shrivel and die. The farmer and his son along with the neighbors quickly use tools to break up the meteor and apply it to the plant thus saving themselves.
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