Uncanny Tales #33
In "Menace of the Iron Fog," an unemployed actor stumbles upon a mysterious room filled with two billion cards—each one dictating a person's place in life. When he demands a new role and is denied, the room's voice swiftly reassigns him from actor to mental patient, leaving his fate in the hands of an unseen system. Art by Sid Check, with a striking cover by Wally Wood, this 1984 Alan Class issue delivers a chilling, thought-provoking twist on identity and control.
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An unemployed actor comes across a room with two billion cards in it which assigns all human beings their role in life. A loudspeaker takes requests from people who wish to change their roles. When the actor is refused his request for a new role, he threatens to expose the setup, and the loudspeaker voice reassigns the man's role from actor to mental patient.
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