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Strange Tales#50
Cover: Bill Everett

Strange Tales #50

Sep 1956 · Marvel · 0.10 USD
“The End of the Line”

In "The End of the Line," a 1956 Strange Tales #50, a man's desperate attempt to craft a perfect alibi with a robot double spirals into a chilling game of identity and guilt. Written and illustrated by Harry Lazarus with lettering by Morrie Kuramoto, the story unfolds with quiet dread as the machine Eliot created begins to act on its own, blurring the line between creator and creation. The cover by Bill Everett captures the eerie tension of a man confronting the shadow of his own invention.

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artist, inker Harry Lazarus · letterer Morrie Kuramoto · cover Bill Everett

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artist, inker Harry Lazarus
cover pencils, inks Bill Everett

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Eliot creates a robot double so he has a perfect alibi for crimes, but repents the decision and tells the robot to destroy itself. Eliot settles into a law-abiding career but the robot resurfaces, committing crimes. Eliot destroys it and clears his name.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).