Al Williamson Forbidden Worlds #[nn]
In "Why They Call Them Mavericks," a madcap tale from Al Williamson’s legendary run on Forbidden Worlds, a lonely atomic researcher finds himself trapped in an oversized room designed to drive him insane—only to flip the script with a clever shrink ray and a daring reversal. The story’s visual flair is unmatched, with Williamson handling both pencils and inks, while the cover by Frank Frazetta—penciled and inked by Williamson—delivers a striking, surreal image that captures the issue’s offbeat charm.
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An atomic researcher's cousins attempt to drive him mad by constructing an oversize room and putting him in it during his sleep but he turns the tables on them by using a shrink ray to shrink them and the entire house.
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