Journey into Unknown Worlds #23
In "The Vampire's Fangs," a haunting tale from Journey into Unknown Worlds #23 (1953), a world on the brink of annihilation finds unexpected hope when a despondent man crosses paths with a group of time travelers documenting humanity’s final days. With a name eerily close to his own, one traveler offers a quiet promise: a few will survive, carrying their names into a new era. Gene Colan’s moody art and Jon D’Agostino’s sharp lettering bring a somber, cinematic weight to the story, while the cover by Carl Burgos and Sol Brodsky captures the eerie, otherworldly tone of the tale—a 10-cent glimpse into a future where fate still holds a thread of light.
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An astronomical disaster means the destruction of human civilization. Our story's protagonist is despondent over this state of affairs until he encounters a group of time travelers who are present to record the last days of humanity. One of them has a name similar to his own and tells him a small number of people will survive and pass down their names. This heartens the man as he now knows that he is destined to be one of the few who survive.
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