Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #1
In "There'll Be Some Changes Made," a tense tale from the Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #1, a mine foreman’s fear of being replaced by a new robot leads him to sabotage its controls—unaware that the machine was designed to save lives, not replace workers. With a cave-in trapping him underground, he must desperately jury-rig the robot’s circuits before his oxygen runs out, all while the men above plead for help. Steve Ditko’s stark, expressive art and Stan Goldberg’s subtle coloring bring a haunting realism to this early, chilling exploration of technology and human vulnerability.
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A mine foreman is concerned that a new robot may take his job, so he scrambles the wires in its control panel. When a cave-in occurs, the men outside contact the foreman by radio and tell him that the robot was not built to work in the mine, but as a safety measure. All he has to do to escape the collapsed tunnel is turn the robot on, but since he has sabotaged the robot's wiring, all he can do is desperately attempt to find the right connections by accident until his air gives out. This same story, credited to Gary Friedrich, was re-used in Tower of Shadows #2 (November 1969)
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