Tales of the Unexpected #17
In "Who Is Mr. Ashtar?", inmate Chick Durant finds himself trapped on an uncharted island after a strange reaction between a meteorite fragment and scrap metal from his ID tag grants him brief bursts of mobility—only to lose control when the tag’s composition shifts. With no way back and the island’s secrets slowly unfolding, Durant must confront the mystery of his new reality. Art by Bernard Baily, with a striking cover by Ruben Moreira and Jack Adler.
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Due to a mixture of elements from a meteorite and scrap metal from an atomic research lab in his ID tag, inmate Chick Durant is able to leave his cell for 25 minutes at a time. But Durant is stuck on an uncharted island when he reshapes his tag, altering the mixture.
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