Uncanny Tales #98
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "A Look At A Backward Planet," a man on a sea cruise witnesses impossible sights—famous landmarks floating on the water—before his mysterious love interest reveals she’s an Atlantean gathering them as souvenirs for her people. Written by Paul S. Newman and illustrated by Bob Powell, this eerie tale unfolds with surreal imagery and a quiet dread, as the man’s disbelief is tested when the island’s supposed movie set vanishes, and the girl herself disappears without a trace. The cover by Bill Molno and Vince Alascia captures the story’s dreamlike unease, making this 1973 Alan Class issue a standout in its series.
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A man on a sea cruise sees the Empire State Building, the Sphinx, and a Buddha floating on the water and his love interest tells him a story that she is an Atlantean collecting these objects as souvenirs for her people. When the captain later tells him that a movie is being filmed on an island shot with balsa wood replicas of these famous monuments, he thinks the girl was just kidding, but he can't find her on board. After they dock, she doesn't get off, so he asks the film producer about her and is told they don't have such an actress and there will be no movie as all the props were stolen.
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