In 1957 and 1958, Jack Kirby created artwork for Harvey’s six-issue series Alarming Tales. These hard-to-find stories from the Golden Age showcase Kirby’s early flair for science fiction.
You will see familiar themes like Martians, strange dimensions, conscious robots, and alien worlds. You will witness harbingers of future sciences like genetic engineering and cloning.
And, you will see a few ideas Kirby revisited decades later in his original stories. Behold the walking dogs and rats of “The Last Enemy” who resemble the animalistic characters of Kamandi, and a flying chair that would get an upgrade to seat Metron of the New Gods. Enjoy!
Collector’s Guide:
– From Alarming Tales #1-4; Harvey, 1957-1958.
Issues #1-3 are now collected in a Kindle version!
You seem expert on these old strips. I’m looking for one by Ditko I believe about an alien disguised as human who tries to convince the police etc that he’s seen evidence of an alien invasion. No one believes him – which he happily imparts to his superiors.
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Sounds like a classic, but I don’t know which story that is. My Ditko archives here have one where an alien shows up but no one believes him because of the date he chose (I Came from the Black Void) https://marswillsendnomore.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/i-came-from-the-black-void/
And there’s another variation with Joe Sinnot art where a misty alien shows up to warn of an invasion and no one believes him, which terrifies him (Last Warning–Evacuate Earth!) https://marswillsendnomore.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/strange-tales-68/
But neither of those sounds like an exact match for the one you remember!
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Neither one unfortunately. But thanks for your help. The strip ends if memory serves with a shot of a human face mask lying on a chair in the foreground with the alien in the background talking to his superiors.
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