Weird Wonder Tales #4
In "The Secret of the Black Planet," a reclusive inventor’s experimental gravity-defying gas takes a wild turn when a stray dog accidentally knocks over the canister, sending the man’s house soaring into the sky. With art by Harry Lazarus and a dynamic cover by Jack Kirby, John Romita, and Chris Rule, this 1974 Marvel tale blends mad science with accidental cosmic adventure—no landing plans included.
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An inventor develops a gas that suspends gravity and tests it out on a various houses before announcing his demands to the government. A stray dog jumps through an open window looking for a handout but the man shouts at it to get out. When it jumps back out the window it knocks over the entire canister of the gas sending the man's house into orbit.
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