The Empire Strikes Back Weekly #127
"Chapter Ten: To Be a Jedi!" from The Empire Strikes Back Weekly #127 (1980) delivers a quirky twist on myth and alien invasion, with Stan Lee and Larry Lieber at the helm and Larry Lieber handling the art, all inked by Paul Reinman and lettered by Artie Simek. The story follows a Gorgon from ancient myth—revealed to be an alien—sent to Earth ahead of a full-scale invasion, only to find her power to turn people to stone ineffective, not because of any heroic resistance, but because her first targets are blind. The cover, a dynamic collaboration by Al Williamson and Carlos Garzón, captures the moment with bold, expressive lines.
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The gorgons of myth were aliens and send an agent to modern Earth preceding an invasion. She cannot turn the first men she encounters to stone, but since she doesn't know that they're blind the invasion is cancelled.
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