Astonishing #36
In "Greed!", a desperate researcher answers mysterious telepathic calls from long-dead Martians, unknowingly building a machine to open a path for their return. As golden rewards pour in, the treasure turns deadly—molten gold swallows him whole. Penciled and inked by Pete Tumlinson, this 1954 tale of cosmic ambition and hidden peril features a cover by Carl Burgos, capturing the eerie allure of a doomed experiment.
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A researcher receives telepathic signals from evil Martians, now long dead, who want him to build a machine that will allow them to cross space and conquer Earth. The gold that he gets through the machine as payment is now molten and buries him.
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