Weird Science #12
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "A Gobl Is a Knog's Best Friend," a rural farmer’s innocent ham radio call to the stars sets off a chain of absurd military overreach in 1952, as the government seizes his home and equipment in anticipation of alien contact. The twist comes when a soldier, mid-bite into a hotdog, discovers the truth: the aliens were microscopic, having landed in the brine of a local frankfurter stand all along. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, with art by Joe Orlando and coloring by Marie Severin, this classic EC tale blends sci-fi whimsy with a perfectly timed punchline—cover by Wally Wood.
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A simple minded farmer contacts aliens on his ham radio who plan to visit Earth. This causes the military to confiscate his equipment and his home so they can be there when the aliens arrive. The aliens talk about how they landed on Earth and are being destroyed by giant white objects perplexing everyone. When the Sergeant in charge of this operation bites down on something crunchy while eating a hotdog, he realizes that he was eating the ship. The aliens were microscopic and had landed in the Sauerkraut brine of a local hotdog vender.
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