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Cover: Steve Ditko

Uncanny Tales #55

· Alan Class · 1'- [0-1-0 GBP]
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In "Escape," the people of Quanta face a terrifying threat as giant flying lizards from the neighboring planet Plexna loom ever closer. With no defense against such a force, their scientists devise a desperate solution—shrinking their entire world to the size of a marble to hide from the invaders. Written by Joe Gill and illustrated with eerie precision by Steve Ditko, this chilling tale of cosmic dread and survival unfolds in a 1'- [0-1-0 GBP] comic from Alan Class, with a cover by Ditko that captures the scale and suspense of the story.

Contains 12 stories
Escape
5 pp · Fantasy
Mysterious Traveler (host)Hank LangdonLin-TuCarlos Boyd
Mutiny
5 pp · Adventure
Jack CaruthersCaptain RayburnDoug Pembert
Test of a Man
5 pp · Fantasy
Mysterious Traveler (host)Myron King
The Android Maker
5 pp · Science Fiction
Miles KenforthBotor
The Fog That Couldn't Lift!
4 pp · Science Fiction
General Gorth, General Karall

In a tense stand-off between Earth and the alien threat of Xanu, General Gorth and General Karall face off over the planet’s defensive fog—once a shield, now a weapon. When Karall makes a bold move to breach the mist, the consequences ripple across the battlefield in ways no one expected.

The Planet That Vanished
7 pp · Science Fiction
Bonzad

When the looming threat of giant flying lizards from Plexna sends the people of Quanta into panic, one desperate solution emerges: shrinking their entire world to the size of a marble. Bonzad, caught in the chaos, must confront the unthinkable as the planet they've always known begins to vanish—leaving only questions about what lies beyond the edge of the known universe.

An Air of Honesty
6 pp · Science Fiction
Durk RunnellHiggins
Terms of Surrender
4 pp · Science Fiction
WartsJ.D.
Speedtrapped
6 pp · Crime
JoeDan
The Saucer Scare
5 pp · Superhero
The Strange Tornado
5 pp · Science Fiction
Ray Baldwin
No Saucers Here
6 pp · Science Fiction
Dr. Deland

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Cast · 2 characters

Full credits

writer Joe Gill
artist, inker Steve Ditko
cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko

Reprints

↩ Reprints Strange Tales #50 (1956), Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #4 (1957), Space Adventures #42 (1961), Uncanny Tales #2 (1963), Creepy Worlds #125 (1971), Uncanny Tales #100 (1974), Uncanny Tales #130 (1978), Amazing Stories of Suspense #205 (1983)

Reprinted in Uncanny Tales #159 (1983)

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