Tales to Astonish #16
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Here Comes... Thorr the Unbelievable," a desperate bank teller faces a moral crisis when he plans to rob his own bank to save his wife’s life. After a terrifying vision of being irradiated and turned deadly to the touch during his escape, he’s left questioning whether the experience was real—or a psychological trick. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with art by Don Heck and colors by Stan Goldberg, this 1961 tale blends suspense and sci-fi unease. The cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko captures the story’s eerie, otherworldly tension.
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A teller plans to rob his bank to pay for his wife's surgery. The guard on duty doesn't carry a gun, but the thief experiences a terrifying vision where he is irradiated and made deadly to the touch while trying to escape. It turns out that the new guard is a "psychiatrist hypnotist" who gave him the vision.
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