Tower of Shadows #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Man in the Rat-Hole!" is a chilling, atmospheric tale from Tower of Shadows #6 (1970), written by Steve Skeates and illustrated with haunting precision by Gene Colan, with inks by Dan Adkins and letters by Sam Rosen. It follows a man obsessed with capturing the sounds of chaos, only to discover a horrifying truth in the recordings he’s collected—his own screams, echoing back at him from the past. The story’s unsettling twist is brought to life with eerie art and a creeping dread, all rendered in a striking cover by Marie Severin.
In "Man in the Rat-Hole!", a desperate spy relies on shrinking pills to infiltrate a high-security facility, but a sudden attack by a giant rat leaves him stranded in his miniature form—now trapped in a world where every shadow hides a threat and every step is a perilous journey. The story unfolds with tense, claustrophobic dread as the man must navigate a vast, unforgiving environment, his survival hanging on instinct and ingenuity.
In "The Ghost-Beast!", the legendary Beowulf and his men arrive to save a kingdom from a shadowy demon known as the Beast-God, a creature whose mere gaze drives men to madness. After the beast is defeated, Beowulf’s true ambition emerges—he seeks to claim the kingdom for himself. When the ghost of the Beast-God returns, the princess devises a cunning trap, using a poison ring to end Beowulf’s life. Though his spirit defeats the monster, Beowulf is condemned to wander the earth as a ghost, forever bound to the realm he once sought to conquer.
In "Contact!", Howard, a man working at a seaside laboratory, makes a fateful call to a distant alien race, urging them to come to his location. When the colossal beings arrive, their sheer size proves deadly—crushing Howard’s home and ending his life. Confused by the absence of anyone around, the aliens depart, unaware of the tragic outcome of their arrival.
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↩ Reprints Strange Tales #78 (1960)
Reprinted in X9 #5/1971 (1971), Fantomet #13/1972 (1972), Monsters Unleashed #3 (1973), Edderkoppen #4/1974 (1974), X-mændene #1/1974 (1974), Hallucinations #40 (1974), Dracula Lives #15 (1975), Supernatural Thrillers #11 (1975), The Son of Satan #8 (1977), L'Écho des Savanes Spécial U.S.A. #6 (1978), Hulk Comic #2 (1979), Future Tense #3 (1980), The Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood #[nn] (1982), Sorcelleries #[nn] (1982), Lost Marvels #1 (2025), El Enterrador #14
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