Uncanny Tales #85
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Strange Machine," Max Prine—once proud of capturing wild animals for zoos and circuses—finds his life upended when his wife Lana is abducted by aliens. Trapped in a cage and forced to confront the truth, he learns the aliens are collecting Earth's creatures for their own world. With Lana by his side, Max fights back, turning the tide with a daring landslide that scatters the invaders. Written by Shane O'Shea and illustrated by John Forte, this 1971 tale of alien abduction and unexpected heroism features a striking cover by Steve Ditko.
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Max Prine is proud of capturing wild animals for zoos and circuses but his wife is not so sure. Returning from a hunt one day he sees his wife being abducted by aliens. He follows but is caught in an electrified trap. He wakes up in a cage and his wife tells him the aliens are collecting animals, including them, to take back to their world. They escape and are chased relentlessly by the aliens up a hill. Max turns the tables on the aliens by causing a landslide. Four aliens survive and they quickly escape in their rocket. Max releases the animals and tells Lana he is changing his job.
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