Uncanny Tales #159
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Escape," the people of Quanta face a terrifying threat as giant flying lizards from the planet Plexna loom ever closer. With no defense, their scientists devise a desperate plan—shrinking their entire world to the size of a marble to hide from the invaders. Written by Joe Gill and illustrated with striking precision by Steve Ditko, this 1983 tale from Uncanny Tales #159 delivers a bold, imaginative premise in a story that’s as visually arresting as it is conceptually daring. The cover, also by Steve Ditko, captures the scale and tension of the planet’s fate in a single, haunting image.
In a tense standoff between Earth’s defenses and alien invaders from Xanu, General Gorth commands the planet’s mysterious fog barrier—until General Karall makes a daring move. By opening a breach in the fog, Karall forces the enemy fleet into a fatal crash in the North Atlantic, but the decision leaves the future of Earth’s defense hanging in the balance.
When the inhabitants of Quanta fear annihilation by the monstrous flying lizards of Plexna, they turn to science in desperation—only to discover a radical solution: shrinking their entire planet to the size of a marble, vanishing from the monsters’ sight. In this tense, imaginative tale, Bonzad witnesses the fragile hope of survival as Quanta’s fate hangs in the balance.
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↩ Reprints Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #4 (1957), Creepy Worlds #125 (1971), Uncanny Tales #100 (1974), Uncanny Tales #130 (1978), Uncanny Tales #55
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