Tales to Astonish #5
In "I Was Trapped by the Things on Easter Island!" from Tales to Astonish #5 (1959), a lone pilot crash-lands on a remote island only to witness the impossible: the ancient statues coming to life and plotting Earth's conquest. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with dynamic art by Jack Kirby and inks by Christopher Rule, the story blends eerie mystery and Cold War-era paranoia, as the man races to warn the world—only to find himself doubted, even by himself. The cover by Jack Kirby and Christopher Rule captures the unsettling moment just before the truth begins to unravel.
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A pilot crash lands on Easter Island where he observes the statues rise out of the ground and discuss invasion plans of their home planet and the enslavement of Earthmen. He flees the pursuit of the statues and attempts to warn the proper authorities, but no one believes him. Eventually he begins to doubt his story as well, and unobserved, the statues who had been following him return to Easter island safe in the knowledge that no one would believe such an outlandish tale.
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