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MY SECRET NEW DYNAFLEX METHOD CAN GIVE YOUPOWERFULLY TONED MUSCLES AND PUT FULL STRENGTHr mYOURMuicLEsT.. MAKE THEM SO STRONG YOU WILLIE PROUD TO SHOW YOUR FRIENDS HOW FULL OF STRENGTHYOU ARE ! N JUST TEN MINUTES A DAY-W1TH ABSOLUTELYMO WEIGHTS NO BAR BELLS. NO FORMAL LONG EXERCISESAT AWL!' (MAKES GLADIATOR MUSCLES TO A GLADIATOR JOB)

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With OVERPOPULATION BECOMING a greater realitymen will look, to the stars fortheROOM THEY NEED TO LIVE. OLD MOTHER. EARTH WILL NO LONGER. BE ABLE TO SUPPORT HERTEEMING BILLIONS OF INHABITANTS. L/EBENSRAUM-THE ROOMTO LIVE --WILL 8E THE DESPAIRINGCRY OF MEN AND WOMEN EVERYWHERE.AND 5CIENCE RESPONDS BV DESIGNING & DEVELOPING FUTURESTARSHIPS USING ANTI-GRAVITY DEVICES AND--TM6 ICEHOUSE! MORE FORMALLY, IT IS KNOWN ASTHE INSTITUTE FOR CELESTIAL ECOLOGY, WHERE DR. ALAN BRADFORD IS CHOSEN TO BE (NCHARGE OF THE VERY FIRST STAR TRIP TO A NEWLy DISCOVERED PLANET OF THE STAR-SUN gETACENTAURI. BUT HORROR LURKS INSIDE THE ICE HOUSE, AN UNIMAGINABLEHORROR-SOMETHINGSO FRIGHTFUL THAT THE CHILLED BLOOD OF ALAN BRADFORD RUNS EVER COLDER AT THE THOUGHTOF IT.'EVEN AS HE IS ABOUT TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH"


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WOK.' ONE OF THE FREEZINGUNITS IS STARTING TO SHAKEBECAUSE OF THAT COLD.'THOSE THINGS WEREN'T BUILTTO STANP--OW MYGOD/^S

I WAS IN THE INSTITUTE FOR.CELESTIAL ECOLOGY A VASTCOMPOUND OF SPECIAL BUILD-INGS GIVEN OVER TO THE QUICK-FREEZING OF HUMAN BEINGSJOKEEP THEM ALIVE AND WELL FOR5FACE TRIPS TO THE STARS...

THETEMPERATURE'SDOWN CLOSETO MINUSTHREE HUN-DRED DEGREESFAHRENHEIT.'

WHAAAT/fW, AT THOSETEMPERATURESFLOWERS CANBE SO BRITTLETHEY SHATTERINTO FRAGMENTSAT A BLOW.NOTONLy THAT,

ALL THE PEOPLE INSIDE THEOTHER UNITS.'AND-tAUASPENCER,TH GIRL I'MGOING TO MARRY.' SUCH COLDWILL MAKE HUMAN FLESHAS BRITTLE AS TH05E^LOWERS MENTIONED/A MERE TOUCH-COULD SHATTER THEMEN AND WOMEN TOFRAGMENTS!

T RANMY HEART ALUMP OF FEAR INSIDEMY CHEST ALONGTHE CORRIDORS OFTHE CONTROL COMPOUNDWHERE PEOPLE AREKEPT "ON ICE", SOTOSPEAK, IN THEMANyTEST5 WE RUN WHILESTUDYING THE EFFECTSOF COLD ON THE HUMAN=ESySTEM...

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I BURST INTO THE CHAMBER WHERE MY BELOVbU LALLA LAY LOCKbD IN ObLIL> SLUmfcifcK.,

I SANK TO MY KWEES, STRICKEN MUTE ByAN BUT 5OOM, MY SEN5E OF DLHYASSERTEPaJo!'OF SPIRIT rWAS VERY'MUCH IN LOVE WITH IT5ELF.-I F0U6HT OFF MY OWN FEELIN6SLALLA SPENCER. SHE WAS TO HAVE BEEN MY BRIDE- AS BEST I COULD AHO..-f TUC nTUPCu: ,LALLA IS LOST TO ME--BUTMAYBE I CAN STILL SAVESOME OF THOSE WHO WERETO HAVE MADE THE TRIPWITH USSI


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ABSOLUTE ZERO IS -459.72 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. OR.-273.18 ON THE CENTIGRADE SCALE. AT SUCH COLDNESS,MOLECULES CEASE TO MOVE. MATTER DOES NOT EXISTANY LONGER, IT APPEARS AS ENERGY. THERE IS NO LIFE~AT LEAST AS WE KNOW LIFE.THIS IS THE LIMIT FOR COLD.IT CAN GET NO COLDER/


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THOSE GREATblack- eyes?--5TARED INTOMINE.' I KNEWSOMEHOW THATTHIS WAS ALIVING INTEL-TELI6ENCESUMMONED UPFROM WHEREVER.IT EXISTED BYTHE TREMENDOUSCOLD WHICH THECRYOGENICNUCLEAR MOTOR,RUNNING HAY-WIRE, HADCAUSEP---

YES, CREATURE OFA;WARMER WORLD. I AM MIVS.I AM IMTBLU&EHTi

175 THOUGHTS FLOODED MY BRAIN.'YOU WOULD PROBABLY CONSIDER ME ANDMY FELLOWS AS-60DS OF COLD.' LORDSOF THE ICy DOMAIN OVER WHICH WE RULE.NOT UNTIL NOW HAVE WE SUSPECTED THATSUCH A LAND AS YOURS EXISTS. NOW WESHALL AMUSE OURSELVES WITH YOU FOR,IT BECOMES BORINGIN THIS FRIGIDLAND/


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ON THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE "ICE HOUSE'/UNKNOWN TO ME AT THIS TIMEYES/ THOSE HANDS THRUSTING THROUGH THESPACE WARP WERE FITTING T06ETHER THEHEAP AND TORSO, LESS AND ARMS OF MY BE-LOVED LALLA... BUT IN A fAAD.CRAZY WAY..

ALL THROUGH-OUT THOSEROOMS, OTHERMEN AND WOMENWERE BEINGRE-SHAPED, RE-PATTERNED INAN INDISCRIMI-NATE, HELTER-SKELTER, H0D6E-POD6E MANNER..

AND THENGOD HELP US ALL/THEY WERE GIVEN UFE: OF SOME FIENDISH FASHION. J


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SCATTERING ACROSS THE COMPOUND ROOMS,THEY A UNIFORMED ATTENDANT COULD PUT UP^UGHT A HAPLEKJJUR5E--BORE HERSCREAMING TO NO WORE OF A FIGHT THAN THE WOMAN...THE FLOOK*

THEN A/VY HORROR BECAME MOMENTARILY MADNESS AS UNDERSTANDING BURST INSIDEME/ FOR COMING TOWARD ME, SLIDING CRABWISE ON THE FLOOR--WAS MY BELOVED LALLA-FANGS BARBD TO TSAR.TO SLASH, TO EAT.'/..


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iT BROKE y HEART TO DOIT, BUT I KNEW I HAP NOCHOICE, I DREW MY REVOLVERANP I PUMPED BULLETSPOINT-BLANK AT THE ONCE-FACE WHICH HAD BE-SO HIDEOUS!...

I SHATTERED THE GLASS OFAFIRE ALARM BOX-REACHED INAMD SEIZED THEAXE INSIDE IT.BUT--A5 X SWUNG THAT AXE, HERINHUMANLY STRONG HAND CAUGHTITS HANDLE-RIPPED IT FROM MYFINGERS- -/^rT^ip

I RAN OUT INTOTHE WARM SUN-LIGHT. WORD OFWHAT HAPPENEDIN THE ICE HOUSEWAS BEINGCARRIED NOWAROUND THEWORLD...

COMMANDER.'WE'D GIVEN YOUUP FOR DEAD.WE'RE GOING TO FLYPLANES OVER THEKsmaiB--BLAST IT OUTLOF EXISTENCE! _SNO! YOU MUSTN'T L* THAT.' IT'S SO COLO IN THATPLACE THAT THE BOMBSWON'T HAVE ANY EFFECTEXCEPT TO DESTROY THEBUILDINGS AND LET THOSEHORRORSESCAPE INTOTHE OUTER WORLD/

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WE'VE GOT THEMPENNEDUPTEMPORARILY IN-SIDE THE BUILDINGS.WE MUST KEEPTHEM THAT WfWi

IF ONLY I COULDTHINK OFA WAYTQ--TONEUTRALIZE THEM.'EVEN IF THEYCAN'TBE DESTROYED IFTHERE WERE SOME WAYTO MAKE THEMHARMLESS,

MY VERY THOUGHTS SEEMED FROZEN. IT WASASIF THE HORRORS I HAD SEEN HAD NUMBED THEM..

A&WHY CAN'T I THINK?W//y.* EVERYTHINGVHAPPENEDSOfiW--

'. MY BRAIN MUST BE\ IN NERVOUS SHOCK!\ BUT I CAN'T LET ITSTAY THAT WAY...

/ COLD! INTENSE' COLO. I'VE GOT TOTHINK ABOUT THAT,HOW IT MAKESLIQUIDS RUN UPOUT OF THEIR.CONTAINERS. ANDMAKES METALMAGNETS FLOAT.ON AIR. IT WILL...

7^INTENSE COLD-SURE.' THAT'S "NTHE ANSWER.THE TEMPERATURE INTHAT CONTROL ROOM IS NOWABOUTMINUS THREE HUNDRED DEGREESFAHRENHEIT. WHAT I HAVE TO DOIS LOWER THAT TEMPERATURE--ANOTHER TWENTYPOINTS/

FOLLOWED By TWO MECHANICS ARMED WITHESSSF'SK3** x RACED INTOE MA 'NCONTROL ROOM. nBLAST THOSE CONTROLS--JMTCAREPttUY/USB THOSE FLAMETHROWERS TO MELT THE FROZENLUBRICANTS PREVENTING ME ,-r-FROM M0VIN6 THE LEVERS ' f\


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r fMHUB317.9 DEGREESFAHRENHEIT,AIR. ITSELFBECOMES ABLUE LIQUID!NATURALLY,THAT BLUELIQUID WILL

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It was a small brigserenely sailing the sekbartlett admired her.CAN YOU MAKEOUT HER NAME.JOHNSON?

Captain bartlett gazedthrough his binoculars,THE LIGHT SUMMER BREEZEPIED AWAY ANP BOTH SHIPSWERE J3ECALMEB,,WE'LL GO ABOARP HERI CAN'T IMAGINE WHyEVERYONE WOULD STAYBELOW OBCKLSOMETHING PRETTYQUEER ABOUTTHIS/.SVW***7.SHOLCHN'HEf?COURSE W/TH

AteeopyATr^HEtteiM.

OBVIOUSLY NO STORM HAP SLASHEDMARYKANE.' HER EMPTy DECK WAS TRIM ANDSHIP- SHAPE.' BUT WHEN THE BOARDING PART/ REACHED THE SILENT CABIN

Some ghastly horror hap beenHERE/ WHAT fMS/T?fHERE IS THE SHIP'S LOG.' THEMARYKANE SAILED FROM ,MADEIRA, TUNE 22nd, HEADINFOR BOSTOM, CAPTAIN,JOHN 'ALLEN IN COMMAND/

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From the girl's piary they coulp piece togetherTHINGS WHICH HAP HAPPENEP MONTHS BEFORE-- ASTRANGE ANP OMINOUS PRELUDE TO THIS VOYAGE OFPEATH/ IN A SMALL NEW ENSLANP FISHING VILLAGE

, I'LL BUILP YOU A SHIP, JOHN, ANP PUT YOUIN COMMANP OF HER/ A SWEET LITTLEBRIGANTINE. WE'LL CALL HER Wf, AAAXY f(AA/.' YOU'D LIKE THATeh, eoy? ^

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hey lajos.vou spenpin'your leave lookin'atthemirror? timeTO COMEASHORE?

you bet r'MCOMINGASHORE. Igot Bt/SINBSSTHERE/

WHAT KINPOF BUSINESSCAN HEHAVE IMMARSEILLE?


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Lajos' business took him to one of thebest hotels, where he registerepunper an assumep name...STEVE LAJOS, MEET ROBERT MARTIN. SAMEGUY- PIFFERENT CLOTHES/ WHEN THE GOPSSTART HUNTING FOR THE GUY WHO TOOKTHIS SWELL ROOM THEY WON'T THINK OFLOOKING FOR AN ORPINARY SEAMAN.


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YES, LAJOS LIKED NOTHING BETTER THANLOOKING INTO MIRRORS, UNTIL ONE PAY HISBOAT DOCKEP IN THE FAR-OFF ORIENT-HEX WHAT DUMP(S THIS ?

IT IS THE TEMPLE OFMIRRORS, SAHIB BUILTTO HONOR THE GOPSTRUGA OF THE SEVENHANPS. WITHIN THETEMPLE IS A MIRRORWHICH IS SAIP TOREVSAl THE APPEAR- .ANCE OF A MAN'S,'"'

A HANPSOMEMAN MIGHTLOOK AT THEMIRROR OFSTRUGA ANDSEE THATWHICHWILLCHILL HISSOUL/

L.AJOS STRODE CONTEMPTUOUSLYINTO THE TEMPLE...SO THAT MIRROR I SAHIB.' NO.' DO5 SUPPOSED / NOT LOOK INTO SHOW ME / THE MIRROR.'WHAT MY / IT.,. IT IS

LAJOS HELD THE MIRRORBEFORE HIAA, ANP THELAUGH WITHERED ONHIS LIPS,.,


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YES,,. IT IS YOU YOURSOUL.' THE MIRROROF STRUGANEVERNO/ PON'T,., PON'TSREAK IT/ Sr/QUGA'S-veNGANCE. .. LASTS


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IT ALU BEGAM... BEFORE YOU WERE SNARED BY...

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The waves oftimePART AND you FINDYOURSELF BACKONTHE ISLE OF CRETE,WHERE THE WARRIOR-KING MINOS THETERRIBLE,STAGESANOTHER OF HIS. FAMOUS TOURNAMENTS.) AND YOU ULYSSES,ARE THE MAIN EVENT...'YOU AND ZAKRO, THEBARBARIAN GIANTOF KNOSSUS...

MNYOHE! VOU SHALL FALL QUICKLY BEFORE MY MIGHT.'SUES2

SURRENDER, LESSYOU WISH THIS MOSTHUMILIATING DEFEAT TOBE WITNESSED BYYOUR PEERS.'

\FOR WHERE THEREIS COURAGE,STRENGTHAND POWER. MUSTSURELY WIN/

FOR YOU AREVANQUISHED ANDZAKRO HASWON AGAIN.'

AS IT HAS/UIM4XT*SEEN, AND THUS ITSHALLEVER BE.'

YOU STAND PEFEATED BEFORE /WNOS,THE WAR^RIOR KING,AND YOU ARE STRIPPED OF YOURBATTLE GARB, AND IN ITS PLACE YOU ARE FORCEDTO WEAR THE WHITE CLOTH OF HUMILIATION...' GREAT ZAKRO, YOU HAVEOEFEATEPY-X^'

, ULYSSES,C//AMPKWOFCRETE.'1HUS[&/THECUSTOM OF OUR FOREFATHERS,\yOU MAY COMMAND UNTO HIM ANY' 1 TASK! WHAT SAY YOU ZAKRO_THE BARBARIAN ?_

' TO VOYAGE TO THE ISLE OFAEAEA,kUD TO BRING TOME THE LEGENDARY GOLDENTUSKS OF ATLAS.'jm

'YOU HAVE HEARD YOURI ORDERS,ULysSES.TAKEONE| HUNDRED OF YOUR MIGHTIEST.SLAVES, AND BE OFF.' >AND SHOULD YOURETURN WITHOUT THEGOLDEN TUSKS, DEATHWILL MARK YOURWELCOME.' YOU LEAVE THAT NIGHT AS EBONYCLOUDS T/?ACE YOUR PATHACROSS THE WATERS. THE WIND BUFFETS YOUR MIGHTYSHIP LIKETHE PETAL OF A ROSE BORNE ALOFT IN A CURRENT OF AIRAS SUDDEN FLASHES OF LIGHTNING RIP ACROSS YOUR BOWREVEALING A RAIN SWEPT PATH AHEAD. AND THE RAINSHREDS AFART THE FRAGILE SAIL AS YOUR MEN RACE OYERTHE WOODEN FLOORBOARDS SECURING WHATEVER THE/CAN IN PLACE..


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THE HEAVY RAINS SWEEP ACROSS YOUR SHIP, DRAGGING MIGHT/ SLAVES TO THE R DEATHS ON THE OCEANTEHlTHs maw fathoms below Lightning stretches its hands outwards; and encircles your menWITH ANGERS OFSl6 FIRE, CONSUMING THEM INSTANTLY IN A TERRORF/ING FLAMING DEATH- YOUCLING HELPLESSLY TO ANY SUP^PORT, LESS YOU TOO, MEET GREAT ZEUS BEFORE YOUR TIME IS DUE...

THEIR PAS6ERS REMOVED FROM THEIR SCABBARDS/THEMUTINEERS MOVE QUIETLY TOWARDS YOU, BUT THEN... yOU LOOK BEFORE YOU ASYOUR SHIP MOVES SLOWLY THROUGHTHE SHALLOW WATERS,AND YOU SEE ANeLANDTHAT LOOKSi NOT UN LIKE PARADISE.

IT ISUJSHGREEN AND THE PERFUMED AIR BECKONS YOU FORWARDDRAWING YOU TO ITS CRySTAl SHORE-


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ARROGANT PIS.'JAM. CIRCE.' THEALL-LEADER!


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THE DEMON-SNAKE ENCIRCLES YOU AND PULLS TIGHTLYAGAINST YOUR BODY.' YOU STRUGGLE TO REAAOVE IT,BUT YOUR. HANDS FADE THROUGH THE BEASTS FORM...IT TIGHTENS ITS GRIP ON YOU, AND you TRY TO GASPFOR BREATH...

THE SUDDEN SHOCK CAUSES CIRCE TO BREAKCONCENTRATION,AND THE SERPENT FADES INTOSHADOWS SLITHERING AWAY INTO NOTHINGNESSAS you GASP FOR BREATH, SUCKING IN THE

HER HAN05 GESTURE BEFORE HER, AND A CLOUD OFSCARLET SMOKE ISSUES FORTH FROM HER FINGERS.AND FROM THE CLOUD ARREARS.

YOU ARE A FOOL,ULYSSES. I OFFERYOU MY-SELF AS YOUR MATE, ANDyOU DARE SPURN ME.'

YOUR VEINS BEGIN TO BULGE AS THE SERPENTCLOSES INTIGHTER AND TIGHTER.' VOU ARE CLOSE TO DEATH AND YOUKNOW THERE CAN BE NO REPRIEVE.' BUT THEN,SUPDENLy,YOUR. AAEN APPEAR AS THEYCRASH HEADLONG THROUGHthe forest...rxw!c mmam:KU "gTa^yj

^NOLVES! ATTACKTHE INTRUDERS.'DESTROYmm!


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The two forces meet as you watch from the sideline as wur ctrensth sicmiy returns.'THE T -^^ AGAINST STEEL AS SWORDS FLASH IN THE COLO MOONLI6HT...


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CIRCE STARES AT you AS THE HAUNTING that springs forth fromHER UPS CALMS y0U...y0U MO LONGER^SKJg >HT...y0U NO LONGER WISHTO RESIST, you ARE HERS TO DOWITH AS SHE PLEASES...

YOU STANRMOTIONLES5,AS CIRCECOMES TO YOU AND KISSES yOUGENTLY ON THE NECK.yOU STRAINAS YOU FEEL y0UR MUSCLESBEGIN TOLOOSEN.../ WE MUST NOWC/MMSfTHESEMALES INTO WOLVES...

YOU FEEU YOURSELF CHANGING,AND yOU SCREAM OUT yOURQUESTION BEFORE THE WORDSCAN NO LONGER BESPOKEN...


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Colors flashed madly throughme; attacking me, forcing theirway into my self. My mind wasexpanding; I could see the circlesof blazing suns radiating multi-colored lights in every direction; acacophony of a million colorswarping their way around me. Icould see twelve dimensionalplanes shooting towards me,through me, around me: probing,groping, grasping, holding me inthe delicate fingers of light.My brain seemed to disappear,and in its place a white dwarf starnovad, sending dense particlesof itself through my mind; rippingmy sensitivities apart.

I tried to see ahead of me, but Icould not; a dense ebony thick-ness seemed to crop the universearound me, holding me in.

I tried to feel, but I could not;my hands touched the tenuousvacuum of space, grasping an in-finity of emptyness.

I tried to scream, but I couldnot; my lips parted and the screamthat was uttered was hollow, life-less, like the ranting of a dyingbanshee.

I tried to breathe, but I couldnot; for I WAS DEAD.Not dead in the physical sense.

I was a non-man, with non-thought, non-touch, non-feeling.I was non-existant.

I was trapped in a kaleidoscopeof endless colors. My sense oftime vanished. At once I was here,lost in oblivion. And then I wasback in the tomb that began it all.

Dr. Vetry turned to me, smiledenigmatically, and went on withhis remarks. "And so now that weare here at last, here in the lostvalley in Egypt, so far beyond whatwe call civilization, I want to tellyou more of what we expect tofind."

I leaned on my pick, watchedhim. Beside us loomed the strangefeatureless brick wall of the LostPyramid, soaring up vast and time-yellowed against the grey rockywalls of that hidden valley. Ourtents stood alone and forlorn inthe sandy wastes that filled thevalley's basin. For miles, in alldirections, we were aloneour

guides far away, just the three ofus here. There was the fanaticaltime-lined face of the Egyptolo-gist; a man who had spent anunknown amount of time in thecurse-laden pastime of robbingthe tombs of ancient pharaohs,of despoiling the buried templesof forgotten demon-gods.There was his daughter, Vera,young, lovely; her face still spark-ling with the zest of youth on itsfirst adventure. Finally, there wasmyself, young enough to apprec-iate the novelty of this strangework, honored by my role of as-sistant to the great archeologist.

"I have told you how I found theparchment which told of -thewhereabouts of this Lost Pyra-mid. It was clutched in the wither-ed hands of a sacrificed priest ofAnubis. I have told you that it gavespecific instructions for findingthis unmapped valley and its mostsecret of tombs. What I did not tellyou was that it spoke of the natureof this pyramid's great secret.Anubis, you know, was the mys-tery god of Ancient Egypt, the godof its Hell. This tomb was his mostguarded mysteryfor it containsthe terrible secret of Eternal Life.In this parchment, it is termed the'Life-in-Death'."

I stared up at the pyramid beforewhich we toiled. It had been fea-tureless when we had found it,with only the piled dust of agesobscuring its base. Now we hadfound the stone door which hadbeen hidden beneath that dust.We had pried it open, and in thesmall stone antechamber beyond,we had found only the usual trap-pings of the ancientscarved fun-eral masks, crumbling clay, claystatues of the monster-headedgods of the Elder Dynasties, thegrey mummies of sacred catsand another inner door set at theend of a dark, bare passage lead-ing into the very heart of the pry-ramid.

Dr. Vetry clutched my hand withthe grip of one obsessed. "I havereason to believe that within thistomb tyre is sleeping a man whois not dead. He was a priest ofAnubisthey called him the MadPriest. He dared to challenge his

IbyArt^tamplerhorrible god's dominion over theRegion of the Deadand as aresult he was condemnedtoEternal Life! He lies somewherebeyond that door, waiting to riseand walk again at the call of pul-sing blood!"That very morning we had plant-

ed a small explosive charge in thecorner of that innermost door.Not too much, but just enough tobreak the aged seals that held ittight. Now, Dr. Vetrytook the switchthat attached to the detonationwire, glanced once again at theconnections, and placed it inVera's hand. "You must be theone to press it," he said. "Not thatit would matter, perhaps, but theparchment said that the doormust be opened by a woman. Afterall, it is a small thing for us to doto oblige the ancients."Vera took the switch, her eyes

alight but troubled. I had to say,"Surely you cannot really believethat wild story? You cannot real-ly think that a man can be keptalive, in a state of drugged sleep,for oever five thousand years?"

Dr. Vetry smiled his weird smile."Who knows? Though I supposewe shall only find another mummyyet, it may be a curious secret."

Slow, plainfully halting. The doc-tor's face went pale. Vera stared,started slowly forward as if hyp-notized by the eerie sounds. Iraised my pick, fearfully held it asif waiting.Then, from the mouth of the

ancient Lost Pyramid, throughthe grey dust swirls, came a fig-ure. It emerged into the harshNorth African sun, walking slow-ly, creakily, towards Vera.

It was a man, a mummy. Itsbody, which had been wrappedin a browning funeral shroud, instrips of incense-soaked linensuch as was used to wrap thedead,, was showing itself as thetime-rotted cloth shredded away.A greyish, dead flesh, a bodywhich had been slowly drying fora hundred generations, was nowappearing. The head was no skel-eton, but that of a man, of a manwho had laid entrapped beyondthe beginning of time. Flesh, bareflesh; against sharp bone. His eyes

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shone green and hungry. His yel-lowing cracked teeth were bared,and his bone-thin hands were rais-ed before him, raised to clutch atthe life that had been so long de-nied him.

I screamed. The mummy mov-ed on towards her. Dr. Vetry felldown on his knees, yelling: "Themummy lives! The power of Anu-bis still rules!" >'But I recovered my senses. I

snatched my pick up, dashedforward, and swung the heavy im-plement.The mummy turned, threw upits hands at me. I smelt a smell ofincenses and of the dust that hadonce tickled the nostrils of a for-gotten Pharaoh. I stared into thehaunted and hell-lit eyes of a manwho should have been dead fivethousand years and had refusedto die. And my heavy iron pick fellsquare upon the ancient skull.

Dr. Vetry screamed, "No!" Butit was too late.There was a sickening crunch,a moment of dreadful suspension,when the mummy opened hismouth and screamed a screamthat reeked of the agoniest of ahundred unspeakable tortures. Itfell, and the skull split wide, atmy feet.

I looked at the broken ruins thatlay scattered on the floor of thepyramid, and I strained to see thecracked bones that should havebeen there, but in its place I sawthe broken remnants of microcir-cuits, the torn remains of minis-cule wirings, and the shatteredpieces of small bulbs. I stared inamazement as Vera leaned overtowards the fractured skull andlifted it gently in her warm hands.She examined each piece care-fully, lifting them to the sliver-thinlight that shafted through the smallinlets in the pyramid's crust. Shelooked at the skull and the tinypieces that fragmented from it,and then turned towards her fa-ther. "There is still a possibility,Father. The man circuitry is intact.Only a few of the micro-circuitshave to be replaced."

Dr. Vetry looked at me, and myblood chilled. "No thanks to you,fool. Years of searching mighthave been in vain if you had de-stroyed Anubis.""What are you talking about?What's going on here?" I tried toget an answer, but they ignoredme as if I were so much sewage38

waste. I lunged forward and grab-bed the Doctor's collar. He easilybrushed me aside which surprisedme greatly, considering he musthave been at least sixty years old.I got up again and moved tow-ards him, but this time he liftedme up with one hand and threwme to the opposite corner of thepyramid. I lay stunned in thecorner, and he turned from meand continued with his work.He checked the circuits of themummy, or perhaps it should bet-ter be called a robot, and when hewas satisfied that all was in work-ing order, he reached towards hisown face, AND RIPPED IT OFF.For a moment there was a sense

of revoltion, but then I realized itwas not his face at all, but a maskthat had come off. For under hisskin-tight mask was the purpleface of an alien being.A wave of nausea hit me as Istared at it. There were two eyes,but they bugged inwards like twohollow sockets. And protrudingfrom the center of the eyes weretwo tendril-like shapes that seem-ed to flap in the wind. The ends ofthe tendrils seemed to have tinyfeelers, that sensed what was infront of them rather than physical-ly seeing the forms. The creaturethat had been Dr. Vetry stood be-fore me, and all I could do wasjust stare. It had no nose, thoughits face was covered with threerows of slits on each side, slitsthat could easily have passed forgills. The mouth extended fromthe face like a puppet's, and, tinybits of purple flesh hung over it sothe mouth could not open all theway.The thing stared at me. Its lipsseemed to cuil into a hideoussmile. "Surprised, my youngfriend? You should be. How couldyou possibly expect that I wasnot a human like yourself, but anextra-terrestial. Yes, I am surethat you have many questions,thus before you ask them, let metell you my story.

"I am Wheete Frippe of theplanet Frelm V. The planet was oneof six prison worlds within theOmega system. Those who weresentenced to one of the prisonworlds, were placed in suspendedanimation for the rest of eternity."We of Frelm once had a lifespan that would encompass many

thousands of your Earthian Years,but the science council decided to

end our virtual immortality . . .the immortality that had made usso great. I fought back, and be-cause I opposed the law makers,I was declared a traitor, and sentto Frelm V. But before I could beplaced under suspended anima-tion, I stole one of the teleportdevices, and destroyed all theothers. Using the device, I camehere to your planet to begin mysearch. You see, here, deep with-in this pyramid, lies the secret ofimmortality. It was placed heremany thouands of years beforeby a culture far more advancedthan either of our planets. Wherethey came from, and why theypicked your planet to leave thesecret the eternal life, I don't know.But it was here. Twenty years agoI began my search, and now, fin-ally, it is over. And that mummyyou call Anubis, is it. I must takethe secret of immortality, andthen go back to Frelm and destroythe council that robbed me of life."And as for you, my youngfriend. You have served your pur-pose, thus . . ."

I didn't let him finish, for I knewwhat he was going to say. I hadserved my purpose, thus I couldbe disposed of. I lunged at a pick-ax and took it up. But before Icould swing it at him, he lifted hisfinger towards me and a ray blastshot out. I ducked just in time toavoid being hit, but the wall ofthe pyramid directly behind whereI stood was now gone, and a hugegaping hole stood in its place.

"Stop, don't try to fight me,"Vetry-Frippe screamed. I knewbetter than to listen to him, but Ialso knew that I could not dodgethe blasts from his finger forever.I grabbed Vera and forced herbefore me. I knew Frippe wouldn'tshoot less he hit his own daughter.But he merely smiled and said,"Vera, phase out, mid-time."Vera began to glow and I found

myself being spun around in acacoon of lights and shapes. Iwas being pulled in every direc-tion at once. .And then there was darkness.The universe itself became a pitchblack. There was nothing thatcould be seen anywhere.And then suddenly there waslight, and I could feel a form ap-pear below me. I realized I wasagain on solid ground, but not theground of the planet Earth. I look-ed about me and saw a craggy


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landscape; thick hor-shaped rocks jutted outthe planet's surface, reach-high into the sky, tipping thecolored air in a weird phos-A burst of flame appeared onhorizon, and soon it was fol-by a silver ship wingingway towards me. Thsshipdescended to the groundthe door opened. Several be-who resembled Wheet Frippe

to the doorway and leapedBut instead of falling to thethey seemed to float tow-me. The three landed by myand the taller one, obviouslyleader, spoke."Who are you? How did you get

I told him my name was Frad-and that I was from the planetItwasratherfunny, I thoughtmyself. If someone told me thatthis would be happening to me,would have thought I'd be inBut I was almost perfectlyas I spoke to the alien com-many hundreds of lightaway from my home world.The commander thought for a-and then he said, "So Frippegone to Earth to seek immor-The fool, doesn't he knowwe decided to rid ourselvesthe curse of immortality?"

I couldn't understand what hetalking about. How could im-be a curse?

"Don't be so naive, Earthling.there is immortality, prog-ends. People become con-and refuse to advance them-The council finally decidedlimit our life span, so that wemove to the next evolution-step. But Frippe was the sole

to the idea. And now hegone to Earth to seek the se-of immortality. But he must

stopped, at all costs."talked for awhile and he toldthe man I knew as Dr. Vetrygone mad, and killed the pres-of the Council. It was onlythat he was sentenced toV, the prison world. They

told me that without any ofteleport stations, they couldtravel to Earth to stop Frppe,that I could be sent back by

reversing the teleportthat were already within

But first they would prepareso that I may fight and defeatmad Frippe.

I was led to a large chamber andplaced into a small room. A ma-chine was rolled out and aimeddirectly at me. I could hear thehum of the engines as it began. Athin ray shot out and entered mybody. I could feel the sound ofthe ultrasonics course its waythrough me. And then there wasunconsciousness.When I woke I was on a bedwithin the laboratory. The Com-mander stood before me and saidthat from this point on, my bodywould absorb the power of Frippeand when enough power was mine,I could send it back to Frippeand destroy him.

I was too dazed to say any-thing, so I mutely followed thescientist to another room whereI would be drained of the teleportbeam and be sent back to Earth.There was a flash of black, andsuddenly I found myself in the py-ramid that began it all.

I heard voices coming from an-other chamber, so I quietly mademy way in time to see Frippe aboutto activate the robot/mummy, A-nubis. I was about to move inwhen I felt a warm hand touch myneck. I turned around and it wasVera, beautiful Vera, lovely Vera,Vera the slimy alien. I pushed heraway, but she still came towardsme. She stared at me with heremerald eyes, and I began to fallunder her spell. I knew that anysecond I would be her pawn, so Iforced myself to turn away. Sheleaped on top of me, but I pushedher over to the floor. I forced myknee on her chest to keep herfrom rising, but I couldn't bringmyself to kill her. For even thoughI knew that she was just wearinga mask, the disguise was' so beau-tiful that I hesitated to attack.Frippe heard the commotion, andcame out from the chamber. Helooked at me and began shouting,"You fool, you could ruin every-thing. You have to stop."

I refused to listen and leaped athim. He raised his hand and a raybolt shot out towards me. I triedto dodge it, but it was too late. Ithit me squarely in the chest. I ex-pected to fall down dead the nextmoment, but the blast didn't evenfaze me. I then remembered whatI was told on Frelm; that every-time Frippe would attack me, Iwould merely absorb his powerHe grabbed me and began fight-ing, but I felt nothing. With each

blow, I became stronger and morepowerful, until finally I was ableto attack him. I lifted my handstowards him, and let all the pentup energy shoot out. It hit himwith a heavy thud, he spun aroundquickly, and disintegrated in apuff of smoke.

I turned towards Vera and start-ed after her. She began scream-ing. "Idiot, you've doomed an en-tire world to death. It's all over."

I was puzzled. What was shetalking about?

"Frippe was no criminal," shebegan. "He was the only sanemember of the council. They haddecided to take over all the worldsof the Omega Star System, andthe way they were going to do itwas rob the life of all their sub-jects and only they would remainimmortal . . . only they wouldnever die. They would be able tolord this over the people, andwould take over all of Omega,and then, the universe. Frippe wasthe only one capable of restoringimmortality to the people, to letthem determine their own futureswithout the interference of anydictatorial body. But now you havedestroyed him, and the hopes ofthe universe."She reached towards her rightbreast and pressed something.She then blew up and machineryscattered in every direction.

I felt a wave of nausea overcomeme, and then I realized what hadhappened. Vera was not Frippe'sdaughter at all, but she was theteleport machine placed withinthe mind and soul of a woman.When Frippe was killed, she de-stroyed herself.I also realized one other thing.Frippe was the only being thatcould have helped save the uni-verse, but now, because of me,

it was doomed.I am writing this all down now

in hopes that someone may findthis script and can do some-thing to help my planet save it-self from a domination that mustsurely come.As for me, I can not live with thethoughts that it was I who de-stroyed the hopes of every humanbeing. There is only one alterna-tive, and that is suicide.The poison is acting quicklynow, and in a matter of moments,I will be dead. As for the world,I can only wish that someonecan save it. Farewell. _

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THEN ONE NIGHT AT THE INN,THE TERRIBLE THING HAPPENEP.

A RAGING, MANIACAL DEMON,SUDDENLY UNLEASHED/ WITHINA MOMENT ON THAT TERRIBLENIGHT, THE BOAR'S HEAD INNWAS A CRIMSON SHAMBLES,,,

OF COURSE IN AMERICA, IN THISDAY AND AGE,PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVEIN SUCH THINGS/ BUT THESIMPLE MOUNTAIN FOLK OFRAVENNES- THEyKNEW/ ANDHipy1"" """"ii"

Everyone in ravennesjoined in the searchfor the map murderer!at last, in a mountaincave, like an animalthey caught him. hewould have been hungin the village square'BUT,,,

BEFORE THEy COULD STOPHIM ERIC LUSTVEG HAPSLASHED HIS THROAT,,,

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NEAR NIGHTFALL, ONE SUMMEREVENING, ROP ANP POT BLAIRAPPROACHED RAVENNES.' XT'SLARGER NOW-- BUT IN MANyWHY IT'S JUST TH6 SAME.'THE OLP MAN GARBLED THEAS OLD PEOPLE WILL.'IT DIP NOT FRIGHTENYOUNG ROP BLAIR/

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JUST BRASH yOUNG FOOLSnow; ifyou wet them^ THEY WOULD TELL; yOU THATTHE VAHiPfRt'S COFFIN/OH, ROD WHAT THE OLD MANWAS TELLING US-" THEVAMPIRE HID HIS COFFIN SOWE-

THAT LETTER I "\WlAY6E THE LAWYER GOT \GOT SAID NOTHING \tT MIXED, DOT-- WE'RE oABOUT A CARETAKER!' JU5T THINKING CRKZ-Y.A1 &. TWINlfi^ I

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ALL RIGHT/ IF THEREIS ANYTHING TO THATCRAZY OLD STUFF,T'LL FIX IT.' AFTERALL, THIS IS OURHOUSE, ISN'T IT?IF THERE'S AYAMP/&e IN IXI'LL DRIVE ASTAtce INTO HIM.'THAT'LL FIX HIM,wont tr?


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Nothing for usto be afraid ofTHAT WAS 3000MILES FROM HERE!AND SOME SAYTHAT VAMPIRESCANNOT CROSSSALT WATER-BUT OTHERS SAYTHEY CAN/ ONLyA MONTH AGO, ATA SMALL AMERICANHOSPITAL WHICHPREFERS TOREMAIN NAMELESS,,.

WHEN HE GETS THIS BLOODTRANSFUSION, HE'LL BE BETTER/PROBABLY SAVED HIS LIFE/.,.WHA-- ?!

WAS SUCH A COM-MOTION IN THAT LITTLEHOSPITAL THAT THE GHASTLYTHING WINGED AWAY,THAT WAS HERE, IN AMERICA- AND ONLY CAST MONTH/THE UNHOLY CREATURE WHICH WAS ONCE THE VILLAINOUSERIC LUSTVEG IS ABROAD/ WHERE IS IT NOW? WHEREW/LL ITBE TON/GNT? AHY ONE OF US, GLANCING ATOUR WINDOW MAY SEE,.,


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Men and women now ONLy carep forTHE MORE PLEASURABLE THINGS IN LIFE...

IS ALAN'S AND NARA'S WEDDING NIGHT.'AN EVENING OF TOTAL BLISS.'THE SIGNAL WILLCOME SOON.' THENWE WILL RUN.'

AND AT THE SIGNAL..!

ALL THEIR YOUNG LIVES ALANAND NARA HAD KNOWN NOTHINGELSE BUT PLEASURE.', _>>LITHFUL NONSENSE. BUTTHERE WAS PAN6ER HERE.'NOW IT SHOWEP ITS SINISTERFACE.' A ROBOT MESSENGERAPPROACHEP THEM, ANP...

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HOW COULP ANYONE KNOW THAT THISNI6HT WAS MARKEP FOR BLOOPSHEP.'THE EMPEROR JOHNS WAS VERY HAPPYTONIGHT AS HE SAT GORGING HIMSELFWITH FOOP ANP WINE,,,.ON THE WAV TO SEE HIS PATHER, ALAN ARC PASSED]THE EMPEROR'S TABLE/ WHAT HE SAW WAS STARTLING.!

THE LABORATORY-FACTORY WHERE THE ROBOTSWERE BUILT LOOMED BLACK AGAINST THE SKY/YEARS AGO, HUMAN SCIENTISTS DIRECTEDTHEM.' BUT THE A- PLUS ROBOTS BECAMECAPABLE OF POING IT AND THE HUMANSPUT THEM IN CHARGE/ IT WAS EASIER-

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I FOUND OUT THAT THEYARE EXCEE&W& THEIRPRODUCTION ORPERS'THEY ARE C/?-ATWGTHEMSELVES UNCHECKED,WITH NO HUMAN TOKNOW WHAT'S GOING

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