Race for the Moon #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Long Long Years," Jack Kirby crafts a haunting tale of isolation and unintended consequence, where Wiley Breck—a man once obsessed with punishing criminals by abandoning them in space—finds himself the ultimate prisoner on a drifting asteroid. Kirby’s stark storytelling, brought to life with his signature dynamism and Al Williamson’s precise inks, unfolds as space explorers discover Wiley not as a monster, but as a man broken by his own creation. The cover, a striking collaboration by Kirby and Marvin Stein, captures the eerie stillness of a man adrift among the stars.
In "Space Garbage," Wiley Breck—once a cold architect of cosmic punishment—finds himself shackled to a drifting asteroid, a man abandoned by every space agency in the solar system. When explorers finally discover him, they’re stunned not just by his fate, but by the unexpected secret the asteroid itself holds.
In "null," a lone rocket pierces through Earth’s atmosphere, its captain pausing to highlight the fragile beauty of the layers that keep the planet from freezing into a lifeless orb. The quiet moment aboard the ship underscores a simple, profound truth about the world they’re leaving behind.
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Reprinted in Race for the Moon #3 (1959), Race for the Moon #3 (1962), America's Greatest Comics #13 (2005), The Simon and Kirby Library #[nn] (2013), Crypt of Horror #19 (2013), Race for the Moon #1 (2016), Comics Anthologie #1 (2022)
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