Weird Science #22
In "A New Beginning," a 1953 EC Comics classic, a man brought in from a park is treated with a mysterious diathermy machine—only to emerge cured, yet marked with a strange burn on his forehead. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, and illustrated by George Evans with coloring by Marie Severin, the story unfolds with a chilling blend of science and the unknown. Wally Wood’s striking cover captures the eerie tone, hinting at a secret far beyond the doctor’s understanding.
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The attendants brought in a crazy, raving man they had found roaming through a park. The doctor gave him a hypo to calm him down, then attached terminals of a diathermy machine to the man's head. After a short while, he was cured of his insanity, although a strange burn mark remained on the man's forehead, just like others before him, and that remained a mystery to the doctor. In truth, the machine would summon tiny spacemen who would land on the victims head (causing the burn mark) and destroy parasitic worm-like creatures inside the patients brain that were causing the madness.
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