Strange Tales #43
In "The Man Who Lived Twice!", a lonely clown who longs for a child stumbles upon an abandoned baby—only to uncover a shocking truth: the infant is an alien spy. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by Bob Brown with inks by Joe Giella, the story takes a poignant turn when the clown overhears the alien pleading to stay as a human child, having grown attached to his adoptive family. The cover, a striking piece by Russ Heath, captures the eerie mystery of the moment.
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A clown who can't have children finds an abandoned baby and takes him in only to discover the seeming infant is an alien spy. He is about to turn the creature in until he overhears the spy give his report to his superiors and requests that he be able to remain a human infant since he loves his adoptive parents.
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