Astounding Stories #98
In "The Contaminated Spaceman," a greedy man's obsession with the abominable snowman leads him to a remote Himalayan monastery and a mysterious lama who holds the key to the creature's true nature. Steve Ditko’s striking artwork—both interior and on the cover—brings a haunting, surreal quality to a tale where greed and transformation collide in the frozen wilds.
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A man lies, cheats and steals to find the abominable snowman, and eventually discovers a lama who knows the secret of the snowman and is forced to summon it. He discovers that the snowman was a greedy man like him, cursed to wear a bestial form until another took his place. He is horrified as the snowman becomes human and he is transformed into a monster.
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