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WE HAVE VOU NOW/ NELSON.

fx WAS DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN, AND YET IT HAPPENED/ FIRST THE STRANG 5nD FORBIDDING LANDSCAPE/AND THEN THE FACES OF THE CROWD,,, THEIF HANDS OUTSTRETCHED, THEIR SULLEN EVES SMOLDERING WITH ANGER,

tfUT INTHE NEXT INSTANT/ NELSON WAS AWARE, HIS CRIES REVERBERATING through the silent, sleeping house,.

r—DON'T touch me.

■ GO AWAY/

IT'S ALL RIGHT, /MR.NELSON/ YOU'VE HAP ANOTHER OP MTI YOUR PREAM'SvJIjn'

ANOTHER MINUTE AND THEY WOULO HAVE HAD /WE.' MV OLD ENEMIES/,/ WAITING POR THEIR «■

1 REVENGE/ ij 'l^OT I __ really, n\|^»/rw; SIR.'yLJ V V

THOSE PEOPLE ARE ■ LONG DEAD.' THEY /M COULDN'T POSSIBLY DO YOU ANY HARM/ _^

A/O.' KEEP HI A/ OUT OP HERE.

,1'LL SEE NO ONE.' NOW <4 LEAVE ME

ALONE/ ^

'they could h.'.i .Ti BB ME ALL right, BUtBB FORTUNATELY I AWAKEN BEFORE THEY GET TO ME / AS LONG AS THAT HAPPENS,

—, I'M SAFE/ --n--‘

YOUR NERVES . FRAYED/ PERI- , IF X CALLED

[dr, barlow.,/:

'YOU'RE '-> DISTRAUGHT,

tTT SIR _,

^ND AS SLEEP CLOSED IN,THE FAMILIAR NIGHTMARE WOULD RETURN ,„

I'M HERE AGAIN/THIS PLACE,,, THIS FOG/ SOON X WILL HEAR THEM/ THEY'LL BE COMING .

■-- AFTER ME/ I--=Q

THE MOMENT! FALL \ ASLEEP, X PINO MYSELF IN THEIR WORLD/ BUTA MAN MUST SLEEP,,, CAN'T STAY AWAKE , FOREVER,,, GOT TO / k HAVE SLEEP,,,/^fi|

'AMOTHER Y NEVER MINdA CUPOFTEaJ PETERS/ I'M } S. SIR(SUITE REAPy J --\rz r POR A good ^PvUnGHT'S SLEEP/

"WE HAVE COME 1L_ FOR YOU,NELSON//WILL BE

--—3 AVENGED/

'nEVE/91

X W/LL.' I'M GOING TO ‘ WAKE UP/ YOU'LL -c" DISAPPEAR/ ALL OP ) „ YOU.,, LIRE A BAD /J

TTRt DREAM/jr—'VBjl

rI CAN ALWAYS ) ESCAPE YOU/ <. IT'S MERELY A J /MATTER OF MV <, WARING UPLAND

> THEN, POOF,,. C YOi/'PE (SOME.'

Mo ONE HEARD HIS DESPERATE CRIES/ NOT EVEN PETERS, WHO SPOKE SOFTLY

ON THE DOWNSTAIRS PHONEw

. ES, DOCTOR/ X PUT THE S/ffPWG " , P/LL IN HIS TEA,AS YOU SUGGESTED. J I'M CERTAIN HE'LL HAVE A QUIET/ — UNBROKEN NIGHT OF PEACEFUL SLEEP.' HE WONT WARE UP TONIGHT/

PERHAPS EVEN MORE THAN HAVE MY

FEARS'

I STILL I LOVE THE LITTLE ONE...THORNE! I LOVE ... ALL OF YOU ! ,'f

TELL YOU THEY'RE ^GROUNDLESS .jrrr SEE! NOW AREN'T’

YOU ASHAMEP

'The months supped by, and though I knew THAT I HAD THE CONFIDENCE OF THORNE I KNEW

THAT IT WASN'T SHARED BY HIS WIFE. ALMOST CONTINUALLY X FELT HER EYES UPON ME..."

AND YET I TRIED, TRIED SO DESPERATELY! THE SLIGHTEST SOUND, THE SMALLEST DIS¬ TURBANCE NEVER ESCAPED MY DELICATE INSTRUMENTS. WHENEVER THE NEED AROSE X WAS THERE... " __

NICE ROBOT-

y£S, BEING HUMAN THEY WOULD FORGET. THE WORDS SPOKEN QUICKLY, INCAP¬ ABLE OF BEING CALLED BACK. WERE RETAINED IN THE MEMORY CIRCUITS,

' NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN. ROBOT THAT! WAS, THE SHIFTING WORLD OF HUMANITY PRESSED SENSITIVELY UPON ME ■

FROM ALL SIDES..."

I SEE, WE'RE LAST AS^^^* I USUAL! HE MUST HAVE I HAD A BAD PREAM, BUTJ fip HE'S IN FINE HANDS

[ NOW! ---IS HE, F| ( THORNE ? IS

^BsT/4& he reallv

^So THE TEST BEGAN AND I WENT TO LIVE IN THE HOME OF THE MAN WHO HAD DESIGNED ME. DESPITE MY NON- HUMAN NA TURE XFELT A DEEP AWARENESS TO THE TRUST THAT HAD -V PLACED IN ME... A TRUSTX DARED NOT .

"TO BE ADDRESSED DIRECTLY WAS A SOURCE OF GREAT PLEASURE, AND THOUGHT RATHER DESPISED THE MECHANICAL TONES IN WHICHX HAP TO GRIND OUT MY REPLIES, Z WAS GREATLY HONORED TO ASSOCIATE WITH HU¬ MANS ON WHAT WAS THEIR OWN LEVEL..."

•And x was always there

•One day, not long afterwards, tnorne ■ SPOKE TO ME. ms WORDS, CAREFULLY CHOSEN,

REGISTERED against my auditory circuit in A TONE THAT WAS DIFFERENT TRAN BEFORE.!'.

■ THEN YOU UNDER - STAND! you WILL BE | YES! X UNDER- ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.! ) STAND... I SHALL.. IT IS VERY L BE CAREFUL'.

IMPORTANT.'

MOST IMPORTANT test! UNLESS THE ROBOT CAN BE TRUSTED ALONE HIS USEFULLNESS TO MAN¬ KIND WOULD BE

They were aliens, CREATURES OF ANOTHER WORLD. THE INTRICATE WARNING DEVICES EM¬ BEDDED WITHIN MY MECHANICAL BRAIN FLASHED DANGER. Z SPED FORWARD...*

"Again and again the ray swept OVER ME. STRANGE FLUTTERtNGS PASSED OVER THE METAL SKIN AS THE PLATING STRAINED AND BUCKLED UNDER THE IN-. . TENSE HEAT. MY NORMAL SWIFT RE¬ SPONSES WERE SLOWING DOWN BUT X PRESSED ON... “

“They fled/ t could hear the clang when THEY SLAMMED THE DOOR OF THEIR CRAFT. AS X STAGGERED FORWARD THEY SOARED INTO THE

. A!R...m

/CATE BALANCES WERE NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. Z STAG¬ GERED ON, AND ON, AND..."

IT,THORNE'. STOP APPRESSING IT AS THOUGH

k rr WERE AUVE! CANT YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED ? ..YOU ENOUGH

"I TRIED TO REACH HIM, EVEN BEFORE THE FINAL PULSATIONS FLICKERED OUT.. BUT I KNEW I'D HAVE AN¬

OTHER CHANCE,.. AND THEN ZD MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND!!!

''what cam it

BE CK- LESS hawk!

...THE SUDDEN FLOOD WATERS THAT THREATEN A PEACEFUL EUROPEAN VILLAGE IS HELD IN CHECK AND DIVERTED ALONG

A HARMLESS COURSE...

OH/> THEY'LL

■ BE „ KILLED//,

IT'S SAVED US L/ WE DIDN'T STAND A, CHANCE !T I CAN'T^>

BELIEVE IT... \ A TINY PLANET, MOVING OUR

SHIP THROUGH , THE AIR/ /

Smo! THAT > TINY PLANET IS KEEPING THE BRIDGE

FROM CRUMB-, LING...

...IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, A WHOLE VILLAGE IS

TRANSPORTED TO A SAFER ISLAND... SIE TINY BALL'

ED US FROM E ANGER OF, IE FiReeop/,

;UPLANEl^ggg

| MEANWHILE, ASTRONOMERS ALL ABOUND THE EARTH HAVE NOTICED A GROWING DISTURBANCE DEEP IN

THE UNIVERSE... |

...THE MOON IS BATHED IN ODD PATTERNS OF WEIRD REFLECTED LIGHT..

’there has NEVER BEEN

ANYTHING LIKE IT/ >

^VVE DARE NOT EVEN GUESS AT HOW IT WILL

l AFFECT THE r\ people on \0l EARTH/

f rr was \ NORMAL T JUST A MINUTE

AGO*

rn COULD MEAN THE END OF, OUR WORLD/ CAN IT

MEAN??

HHIS IS TOO FANTASTIC EVEN FOR

k A NIGHT- ilMARE//

THE LITTLE PLANET-- TEMPORARILY FORGOTTEN, STARTS TO BEAM WARMINGLY..

...FROM THE CENTER OF THE DISTURBANCE--GREAT FORCE WAVES ARE SENT OUT--

SEARCHING--PROBING... ...yET NOTHING IS MISSED AS THEy SPEED ONWARD/ FOR THEM, THERE WILL BE NO STOPPING — NO REST...

.UNTIL THEY FIND WHAT THEY SEEK.' ON THE LANET fcALLED EARTH, THE SEARCH IS , FINALLY ENDED...IT HAS BEEN FOUND/

WONDER WHAT'S T I'D HATEYSEEMS TO BE GOING ON UP Ao EVEN SOME KIND OF

LL THERE? TRY TO /LIGHTS MOVING V GUESSJA AROUND--,

WHAT'S THAT?

...A SOFT WARM LIGHT BEAMS FORTH, TO GUIDE THE LITTLE LOST PLANET HOME - -HOME TO ITS MOTHER GALAXY AND FAMILY OF PLANETS AND STARi

ACTUALLY A LITTLE LOST PLANET...FINALLY FOUND AND Li : . Ml D TO ITS OWN GALAXY BY ITS MOTHER PLANET' BUT EABTU WILL NEVER EVER FORGET IT.'.'/

AND ROCKET CARAVANS/ I WAS THE HEAD OF ONE SUCH BAND.' MY NAME IS SANDOr/aXpJ?. '

CALL

/ rr's just like ' \ sanoor SAIP fT I WOULD BE / ' IT'S ’COSMIC . ARMISTICE PAY'? THEREFORE ALL THE TROOPS HAVE

WS

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SURPRISE... ANP SURROUNPEP THEM. ¥ THIS IS SANPOR" I speaking/ MV men

HAVE VOU COMPLETELY SURROUNDED/ WE'RE GONNA BOARD AMP LOOT YOUR SHIPS/

AND IF WE MEET WITH ANY OPPOSITION. WE'LL

BLAST YOU OUT OF v THE UNIVERSE/

I KNEW THE ESCORT WOULD LEAVE THEM. WHEN THEY PASSED GALAXY -47/ THEY NEVER SUSPECTED

7 WE'D Be WAITING [ THIS FAR OUT TO V WAYLAY THEM/

: SHIPS... MEETING NO r ANP HERE'S SOME ' URANIUM THAT'LL BRING US A TIPV SUM ON THE UNIVERSAL MARKET/

I FOUND THE COUGH, BOSS... A FORTUNE IN INTERPLANETARY

CURRENCY/

THAT'S 'CAUSE I THINK OF ALL THE ANGLES/ TO STAY IN THIS RACKET VA GOTTA THINK OF £■ VEfRYTHIAie.. ANP OVERLOOK

KT A/CTM//VGZ

r DU3t), i OOl I A, HAND IT TO you/ THE WAY YOU

FIGURED THIS JOB/ IT CAME OFF PERFECT/

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