Forbidden Worlds #3
In "The Strange Ones!", Evans and Williams stumble upon a hidden Arctic valley that defies all reason, only to be swept into a mysterious city where time itself seems to bend. As Philip Kent offers them eternal life, Evans' growing doubt sets off a chain of revelations about the valley’s true nature—and Kent’s own impossible past. With art by Marvin Stein and a striking cover by Ogden Whitney, this 1/- comic from Thorpe & Porter delivers a chilling, dreamlike journey into the unknown.
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Evans and Williams are exploring the Arctic when they see a lush valley. The ice collapses and they fall down. They are carried to a city where they meet Philip Kent. He tells them they can live happily for five hundred years if they wish. Williams is happy but Evans tells Kent he doesn't believe him and he wants to leave. Kent says others will then come and he will not help him. Evans finds clothes and food and attempts to escape but fails. Kent says he will now help Evans to a training station. When he tells his story he finds out that Kent went looking for the valley 150 years ago!
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