Tales to Astonish #13
In *Tales to Astonish* #13 (1960), a desperate thug's quest for fortune in the Himalayas takes a strange turn when he's driven to madness by isolation and the locals' warnings about a cursed photograph. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with art by Jack Kirby and inks by Steve Ditko, this eerie tale unfolds as the man’s obsession with the image begins to warp reality—until the photo itself seems to mirror his unraveling. The cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko captures the chilling moment just before the line between man and monster blurs.
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A thug ventures to the Himalayas with the intention of capturing the Abominable Snowman for profit but is frustrated in his attempts of getting the locals to refer him to the creature he has in a photograph. They all tell him to discard the photograph as it is cursed. He plods through the mountains for weeks unable to locate any trace, until his mind is addled, and he drops the photograph, which is now a reasonable resemblance of what he has become.
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