Fantasy Masterpieces #1
"Beware!! The Ghosts Surround Me!!" from *Fantasy Masterpieces* #1 (1966) delivers a chilling, dreamlike tale of perception and reality, where a man’s discovery of a mysterious camera that captures images from another dimension tests the limits of belief. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with art by Dick Ayers—whose inks and lettering shape the story’s eerie tone—this standout issue blends supernatural suspense with a quiet, haunting twist. The cover, a collaborative effort by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Joe Sinnott, and Dick Ayers, captures the story’s otherworldly dread in bold, dynamic strokes.
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A man tries to convince a stranger that the camera he found takes pictures of another dimension. The stranger seems skeptical, then a bolt of lightning strikes and the stranger disappears, along with the man's pictures. While the man thinks he imagined it all, the stranger returns to his own dimension, where he cannot convince anyone of Earth's existence.
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