Tales to Astonish #42
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn Tales to Astonish #42, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko deliver a haunting tale of identity and alienation in "The Voice of Doom!"—a robot, crafted with human guise, flees his creator’s lab seeking belonging among people, only to confront the cruelty and indifference he finds. As his artificial face and clothes become a burden, he faces a quiet reckoning that challenges the very idea of what it means to be human. The story’s chilling final exchange, rendered with Ditko’s signature precision and Kirby’s iconic cover art, lingers long after the last panel.
In "The Voice of Doom!", a radio announcer gains a hypnotic voice after exposure to radiation, using it to manipulate crowds and target Ant-Man. When he traps the hero on a pier and tries to force him into the water, the ants come to Ant-Man’s aid—turning the tables in a showdown of wits and willpower.
In "I Am Not Human!", a humanoid robot named E-1 flees his creator’s lab, donning a human face and clothing in a desperate bid to live among people. As he witnesses the cruelty and indifference humans show one another, his faith in humanity crumbles—until he chooses to remove his disguise and return, not as a man, but as himself.
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Reprinted in Amazing Stories of Suspense #25 (1965), Creepy Worlds #43 (1965), Hit Comics #147 (1970), Hit Comics Captain Marvel #203 (1970), Hit Comics Die Spinne #228 (1971), Capitaine America #13 (1972), Le Tombeau de Dracula #3 (1973), Amazing Stories of Suspense #146 (1975), Uncanny Tales #112 (1975), Amazing Stories of Suspense #180 (1979), Uncanny Tales #139 (1979), Hulk Comic #12 (1979), Hulk Comic #13 (1979), Captain America #15 (1981), Gamma la bombe qui a créé Hulk #15 (1981), The Empire Strikes Back Monthly #144 (1981), Les Défenseurs #4 (1982), Star Wars Summer Special #1985 (1985), Essential Ant-Man #1 (2002), Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko #[nn] (2005), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 (2006), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 (2011), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 (2013), Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection #1 (2015) + 7 more
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