Journey into Mystery #15

Name: Journey into Mystery #15
Brand: Marvel

Feb 1975 · Marvel · 0.25 USD

“I Fought the Molten Man-Thing!”

In "I Fought the Molten Man-Thing!" from Journey into Mystery #15 (1975), a desperate plantation owner tries to buy time by sacrificing his workers to a swarm of ants, only to find his fiery moat defense futile when the insects cross over the corpses of their fallen kin. With haunting visuals by Gene Colan and a striking cover by Ron Wilson and Mike Esposito, this chilling tale blends survival horror with a grim, unexpected twist.

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artist, inker Gene Colan · cover Ron Wilson, Mike Esposito

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artist, inker Gene Colan

cover pencils Ron Wilson

cover inks Mike Esposito

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A plantation owner attempts to buy time to ignite a moat defense against swarming ants by sacrificing his workers to them, but even though the ploy works, the ants cross over the burning moat by crossing over the dead ant corpses and kill him.

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