Fabulous page from Weird Worlds #25 comic book (1954)

This wonderful opener from a story in Weird Worlds #25 (1954) reminds me of the great 1988 scifi flick They Live.

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Timothy Krause

Poor Harry Osborn! I mean, um, Henry Osborn!
- Timothy Krause
  
  AMIRITE
http://twitter.com/kpkpkp Kevin Pierce

Everyone knows Martians look like this:
Bray_beast

Not the body of a man from Earth. Not the face of the one you love.
-hms-

I prefer the sequel, The Women From Venus
PhosPhorious

Well, if Mars is peopled by vegetables, then it’s only fair, I guess that Earth should be vegetabled by Martians.
mikei

Yeah, I know them. They go out at night, eating cars.
- mikei
  
  And here is the ad that was placed amidst this staggering tale. Wow, times have certainly changed… http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tZ7MYXNtmCE/USWBylIBD4I/AAAAAAACBYU/M8kOaU3LZmQ/s1600/sty01_07_advweird_25_skinny_ad.jpg
- Mark Lee McDonald
  
  When there’s no more cars they go out at night and eat up bars. I hear they also eat guitars. Yeah.
http://www.peterbagge.com/ Buddy Bradley

Personally I didn’t think of They Live but rather the fantastic opening scene from the Twilight Zone movie:
http://youtu.be/LPlp-WK0XBo
billstewart

Obviously the coffee was too strong.