Vengeur #2
In "L'éponge monstrueuse," Stan Lee and Don Heck deliver a clever, quietly daring tale from 1972, where Earth's first contact with Venus takes a surprising turn when humans realize their arrival is seen as a threat. A humble janitor devises an unorthodox plan: build robot duplicates of himself to trick the Venusian machines into believing they’re one of their own, hoping to open the door to peaceful first contact. The story unfolds with thoughtful wit, grounded in the quiet ingenuity of an overlooked individual, while Carlos Prunés’ cover captures the surreal tension of the moment.
In a tense first contact scenario, Ezra Grumley, a quiet janitor, devises an unorthodox plan to bridge the gap between humans and the wary Venusians—whose robotic sentinels see all Earthlings as threats. With a mix of ingenuity and nerve, he sets out to build robots that mirror the Venusians’ own designs, hoping their mechanical doppelgängers might be the key to peaceful communication.
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