World of Mystery #3
In "The Bugs!", a government agent digs into a mysterious lecturer whose followers fund his radical theory of cosmic harmony—until a tense confrontation turns deadly when the agent’s gun fires by accident. The man’s sudden healing and otherworldly disappearance reveal a truth far beyond human understanding. Steve Ditko handles both pencils and inks for the story, while Bill Everett delivers the eerie cover art.
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A government agent investigates a lecturer promoting a theory of cosmic harmony because the believers are contributing large sums of money to the man. When the agent convinces the lecturer to disband the group, some in the crowd are angered and they jostle the agent so that the gun he keeps in his shoulder holster goes off. The lecturer reveals himself as a being from another dimension, heals his wounds with but a touch, and disappears vowing to return when men no longer place a monetary value on his message of cosmic harmony.
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