Strange Tales #22
In "The Untouchable!", a gifted opera singer with a voice so powerful it can shatter glass finds himself at the center of a chilling mystery when a surgeon attempts to interrupt his performance—only to meet a fate tied to a hidden glass plate in his own skull. Bob McCarty handles both pencils and inks for the interior art, while Joe Letterese provides the letters, and Sol Brodsky delivers the striking cover. A 10-cent comic from 1953, this issue blends eerie suspense with a haunting twist on the power of sound.
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An opera singer, who can shatter glass with his voice, is tried to be interrupted during his performance by a surgeon but the man fails to get to the singer in time. He hits the high note and dies because the surgeon had put a glass plate in his head.
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