Unusual Tales #22
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Let Sleeping Robots Lie," a private investigator running ads about flying saucers finds himself outmatched when a mysterious man claims to know the truth—only to reveal he's an alien criminal on the run. Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Bill Molno with inks by Vince Alascia, this 1960 Charlton tale flips the script on a classic mystery setup. The cover, a striking piece by Steve Ditko, captures the story’s eerie, offbeat tone.
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A private investigator puts an ad in various newspapers asking if anyone has seen flying saucers. When one man approaches him and claims he knows about flying saucers, its revealed that he's an alien criminal and the private investigator who put the ads in the paper is a cop from outer space tracking him on Earth.
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