Uncanny Tales #139
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Doctor Colby's Birds," a scientist’s theoretical time machine becomes a real, dangerous experiment when his envious assistant steals it, only to be stranded in the past as a powerless ghost—unable to change anything, yet trapped in time. Written by Stan Lee and brought to life with striking, eerie precision by Steve Ditko, this 1979 tale from Alan Class explores the weight of ambition and the unseen consequences of tampering with time. The cover, by Dick Giordano and Pat Masulli, captures the story’s haunting tension in bold, dramatic lines.
Pete Sloan thought marriage would be the ultimate way to enjoy endless TV—until his wife, a woman he’d tricked into tying the knot, reveals her true nature. Now, trapped in the very appliance he loved most, Pete finds himself a permanent fixture on the screen, forever spinning as a "TV fan."
Simon Stanley, a scientist who built a time machine purely to prove it possible, finds his work jeopardized when his envious assistant, Jukes, knocks him out and steals the device. Now stranded in the past, Jukes discovers too late that he’s become a ghost-like presence—visible but powerless to change anything.
In the dying light of a dead sun, humanity clings to survival deep beneath the surface. When a massive planet looms on the horizon, threatening to collide with Earth, the survivors face a desperate choice—destroy it or risk everything on a radical plan. Rackozo Roor, Johnn, and Aletha must navigate the fragile hope of a world reborn, as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance.
In "I am not Human!", a humanoid robot flees his creator’s lab, taking on a human guise with a synthetic face and clothing to live among people. As he witnesses the cruelty and indifference humans show one another, his faith in humanity crumbles—until he chooses to shed his disguise and return to the lab, leaving the engineer stunned with a quiet, piercing question that lingers long after the final page.
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