Tales of the Unexpected #39
In "The Creatures from the Space Globe," scientist Arnald Arnaldo stumbles upon a mysterious replica in a Venusian curio shop, only to find it unleashes living beings on Earth—then again on Mercury. As the globe's true nature unravels, Arnaldo realizes it's not a model, but the planet Krx itself, shrunk and adrift before its transformation was finished. With art by Nick Cardy and a striking cover by Bernard Baily, this 1959 DC tale blends cosmic mystery and creeping dread in a classic science fiction twist.
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Arnald Arnaldo finds a replica of a long lost planet in a Venusian curio shop. While studying it back on Earth, two figures come to life and go on a rampage. After they return to the globe, Arnaldo takes the globe to Mercury, thinking Earth's atmosphere has awakened them, but the process repeats itself there with four creatures coming to life. Arnaldo discovers that the globe isn't a model of Krx, but is the planet itself. Scientists had decided to shrink Krx in size to eliminate the problems it created, but it had drifted off in space before the process was complete.
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