Weird Tales of the Future #5
In "The Man from the Moon," a 1953 tale by Basil Wolverton, a man is snatched by lunar aliens and transformed into a robot to endure the moon’s harsh environment. Centuries later, he returns to Earth to find it a wasteland, its people devolved into beastmen, leading him to choose exile once more on the moon. The story, illustrated and inked by Wolverton with his distinctive, surreal flair, features a cover by the same hand, capturing the eerie journey of a man out of time.
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A man is abducted by moon men who take him to the moon. They ultimately alter his body to that of a robot so he can survive in the moon's atmosphere. Over a hundred years later he returns to Earth and finds it destroyed, with what's left of humanity having reverted to monsterous beastmen. He decides to return to the moon forever.
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