Marvel Tales #128
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Emily" is a haunting, character-driven tale from Marvel Tales #128 (1954), where a scientist’s attempt to accelerate mouse aging tragically backfires—leaving his son dead at just two weeks old and the man himself rapidly aging. Rendered with quiet intensity by artist Ed Winiarski, whose pencils and inks bring the story’s emotional weight to life, the issue explores the cost of scientific ambition through a single, devastating consequence. The cover, by Harry Anderson, captures the story’s somber tone with a striking, melancholic image.
In a quiet corner of 1954’s Marvel Tales, a gentle-hearted Earth girl named Jo finds unexpected kindness in an unlikely visitor—an alien who sees her worth when no one else does. When he gifts her a mysterious ring, she’s left with a secret that could change everything, as his people prepare to arrive.
In "The Man Who Meddled!", a desperate scientist’s experiment to accelerate mouse lifespans backfires catastrophically—leaving him and his newborn son trapped in a race against time, as the boy ages to death in mere weeks and the father begins to wither at an unnatural pace. The story’s chilling premise unfolds with quiet dread, exploring the cost of scientific ambition in a world where progress has no mercy.
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↩ Reprints Uncanny Tales #5 (1953)
Reprinted in Sinister Tales #9 (1964), Amazing Adventures #23 (1974), Dracula Lives #1 [5] (1974), Chamber of Chills #14 (1975), Where Monsters Dwell #33 (1975), Sinister Tales #154 (1977), Sinister Tales #189 (1982), Secrets of the Unknown #223 (1984), Secrets of the Unknown #25
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