Mystic #56
In "While the City Slumbers!", the molemen of San Francisco’s outskirts, wronged and driven underground, plot a daring invasion after being forced into warrens. When their tunneling triggers an earthquake and citywide fires, they believe the citizens’ panic is proof of a planned attack—so they retreat, sealing their fate behind a collapsed entrance. Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated by Paul Reinman, with a striking cover by John Severin, this 1957 issue delivers a tense, imaginative tale of subterranean rebellion and mistaken fear.
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Angry molemen want revenge for being forced to live in warrens on the outskirts of San Francisco so they plan an invasion. When the earthquake brought on by their tunneling produces multiple fires, they figure that the citizens must have thought to destroy their town rather then have them take it over, so they return to their caves and collapse the entrance behind them.
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