bee Be er CE Ae ONG Te BOSOME POU « \ AA, e ANP MAWKINE'S GREATEST TRUTHS HA Been PECLARED WMOBERATIVE "ME LS ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS AN EVENT THAT WiLL STAGGER THE (MAGINATION ANNO CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY. YOLU ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS... ie ALLEN MiLGROM; INKS: Taek ABEL? EDITOR: JEFF ROVIN' VA ase ,MORLOCK 2001 Volume, 1, Number 1, Feb. 1975 \is ecutive offices and office of publication 717 Fitth Avenue, New York City, N.Y, 10022. Subscriptions in.U.S.. Canada and possessions $1.50 for six issues, Application to mail at second class post- age rates is pending at New York, N.Y. and at additional mailing offices. © Copyright 1975 Seaboard Periodicals, inc. All rights reserved, MOR- LOGK 200] ié a trademark of Atlas Comics, a division of Seaboard Periodicals, Inc. ‘ .(R STORY BEGGING IN A LLISH EENMOUSE ON. ese OUTSKIRTS OF A TEEMING CITY .-« F: a el hy att Fy ANP HOW AR! A TORRY, thy PeEcous, asl Fi j ee i ¥ Pon . | J i Me . Pag SS ser ITI Meee a —e) ee ee ial ie hie Ye mt | al ee Eo Pei 3 . AH MY és! Pease ART sou pA y i} TODAY, SERCIAL P. ie - a BY ONE, 4. EnRS Y THI TEN!Cae tae “S 5 pevianr! WHAT ON EARTH Aube Paid PO SUCH PERVE TED THINGS. CAPTAIN® WHY/ THIS ONE AS BOOKS IN HIS HOUSE? ; EVEN THE CLEAREST y LAKE HAS ITS SHARE OF SCIME, LIEUTENANT NEVER FORGET THAT /SAANITIZING THIS PUMP! NOW COME ON ‘LET'S FINISH TTR PUITHIN MOMENTS, THE GREENHOUSE IS A RAGING INFERNO, ANE. THE FLOWERING LOVELINESS INSIDE IT A MASS OF BLACKENED CINDER...” THaT's BIGHT! fee UN -BROU GEM | IN ' WHAT'S BEEN. BOWE WITH _|- KROSCHELL , PO You LENOWE 'S HE IN TAILS ne LAST Ge EXPeRin ENT!THAT'S WHY THEY'VE BEEN BROUGHT NEITHER HAS ANYONE ££SE/ BUT CONSIDERING ! OUR JOS i¢ TO KEEP THEM HOW RAPIPLY THEY SEEM TO BE MATURING, WE UNPER OBSERVAT/ ORS AND FIGURE OUGHT TO LEARN WHAT THEY ARE GOON OCuT WHAT THE H ROSCHELL ENOLIGH? E WAS REALLY &y, 7 : J [\ Bi RE - IT'S REALLY TOO BAP KROSCHELL HAD To BE A ANT! Bi é Heder Tist Pe ONLY #4 THINK 9OU'RE RYGHT! MAYBE INO. INEARTHING AND © SEGUENT REPLANTIAIGSUE DAYS STRETCH INTO WéEKS.| | CAN YOU TELL AND THEM FINALLY. «+ WHAT IT¢S soe WHAT'S FAV, 4? som! come ¢ edi ? THE. Bid IT'S... . (T'S STARTING TO | OREN! NO! NOT YET! I WANTEP To BE suRE TO FING YOU SO THAT i COLILD BF THERE WHEN IT FINALLY OPENS! THERES A GUM AN 4 A | TO THE INSIDE OF THE BOE, JUST BEING insive 3 LIKE A PEA ORA BEAN! THERES 2 j / f HE...HE LOOKS AWFULLY Bip see eato yee H RETUVENATOR!HE'S LOOKING A OF SETTER! WE GOT HIM POWN HERE JUST IN e LET'S GET HIM OF HERE! WE'VE 88 TRY AN? FIND OUT WHY JUST IMAGINE! A PLANT MAN OF SOME KIND, GROWN IN 4 EN HOUSE... INSIPE A GIANT POD? oS UMEE! TUST LOOM ATHIM! Te LL QUTWARDP APPEARANCES, HE'S A FULLY DEVELOPED MALE HUMAN! WE'VE GOT TO SEE THAT HE GETS A COMPLETE. PHYS- ICAL EXAAAIA+ ATION! AND YET HE'S ALSO A PLANT? WHO KNOWS WHAT --THAT MUST'VE BEEN LONG BUT MORLOCK WILL HAY, BEFORE THE GREAT BOOK BLRN- TO BE STUDIEP £AREFIA- INGS OF THE EIGHTIES! WHAT 2¥ 50 WE CAN ASCERTAIN POES THE NAME SIGNIFY? EXACTLY MOW HE May BESTSERVE THE. } IT WAS A RACE OF - SERVANTE WHO WORKED FOR THE GOOD OF A SUPERIOR PEOPLE--AS WILL OUR FRIEND fi i L CAL 2 17'S 4 NAMB A PECAPENT MOVEL 1 REAP WHILE STILL A Boys aif | QBN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOW, MORLOCK 1S RELENTLESSLY FROBEP , TESTED AND INPOCTRINATED SO THAT HE GAN BE USED ASA TOOL OF THE TOTALITARIAN GOVERN- i) eee REMEMBER, MORLOCK 1 LITY OF THE GO MENT TO CHANGE THE TRUTH UTH THAT HAS SERVER Fae PURPOSE BECOMES \INOPERATIVE! ” —YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT HE MATURED INSIDE A RLOCK SEEMS COM- MARY? WHY PO YO SE mire CREATED EA conaNaine On. a 77 COMING TANCE, = Sates SOMETHING INTEREST- s j i } WIL YET TURN : “ab LLY SORT OF Y Ee NGUS YF GROWING! re, IS a= SSUPDENLY, AS THE ELDER GOVERNMENT $€/- ENTIST WATCHES IM) MUTE AND HELPLESS HORROR , THE TINY SPOT OF PS. GREEN FUNGUS TRANSMITTED BY MOR- LOCKS TOUCH BEGINS TO SPREAD ; AT AN ALARMING RATE...» ity | (wire sEe-. paneeNa ee 7en ONTIL FINALLY, HS HUMAN LIFE SNUFCED OF HIM, HE STANCS ROOTEP ae THE FLOOR (KE A GHASTLY, AGONIZERD PLAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL AME WHAT iy HAPPENED To HIM, MORLOCK! 44S BEEN PROVIDED Wit CAN SEE FOR MYSELF! I-/T'S SPECIAL METAL FOIL HORRIBLE! GLOVES TO PREVENT Hi FROM ACCIDENTALLY TRANSMITTING AS MALIGNANT FUNGUS ,,. We've cot io “a? poe) Som MORLGCKH! ‘HAT HAVE YOU Bone? I-I DON'T ANOW! T DIPN'T At YET. AT THE SAME.TIME , THE ACCIDENT AT THE LAS COMPLEX IAS SHOWA AMORLOCK'S AAAS VERS HOW THE STRANGE PLANT MAN CAN SERY’ » THEY PECIOE TO MAKE MORLOCK THEI? EXECUTIONER: ».HE HAS BEEN BREAKING THEZAW | | ARE YOU FARING TO QUESTION | - THE LAWFUL CEMANCS OF THE STATE2 AN CRPINARY MAN WOULD BE £IQUIPATEP For L NOW Gov’ WPT Ess SSN THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOW, A 1S SENT OUT PERIODICALLY. 7O USE HM HIPEOUS POWERS AGAINST THE Fer EN nell ne Swi nee * ETH iV ne (MAKES: HIAA RECOIL. FROM THE DE- SOF HIG TOTALITARIAN J gut 1 CO NOT WANT THESE THINGS AN MORES IT. 1T IS OME / IT MAKES ME SICA INSIDE!) RIGi i? ts THE DOVER ARIES BSR RSC:YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IF TO SEE THAT YOU REMAIN LOMAL ! UNDER -~ STANCF ‘ROM NOW ON WE Maly base HAVE TO TCH HIM he WAS Was ives To FEEDING THE Bi AY, LIKE THE BIRO. BECALISE THEY ARE) HELLO THERE! WH4T ARB YOU ‘ DOINGE Tees BiRCS ARE LucKY HAVE & PRIEN? LIKE PEOPLEA FRIENP 1S SOMEONE WHO LIMES YOU, WHOM YOU CAN COAIFIDE iN MOMENTS YOUR HAPPY MOMEN WITH! PONT You HAVE ANY FRIENDSZ Shae iid cantare AT THE LABORATORY COM PLEX, BUT... BUT I CO NOT cA aa) ENDS? I THINK THE GOVERNMENT IS WRONG TO MAKE ME PO THE WoRK I] Poy ‘>, es y¥ GUT... BUT THAT'S THE GOVERNMEN Wr ABOUT AN IMG! site! ‘y Lng ee WRONG, THAT IS WHAT EVERYONE SAYS, BUT ee MOR me. SOMETHING INSIDE MAKES ME : Pa d A FLUNANY THINK THE GOVERNMENT (5S WRONG ene —{ NAME! I THINK YOU'RE TO MAKE plate 4 THEIR. HORRIBLE i ba eae A STRANGE MAN ‘ ——— WORK! i : ‘ See MORLOCK ! WHAT'S YOUR NAMET MINES —. _ LYNDA1+1.AM NOT LIME OTHER MEN! PERHAPS THAT IS WHY I HAVE HAVE NO FRIENDS! «IRs YOU ME, ULL BE YOUR FRIEND?! AA GloktocK 1s HAPPY WITH HS NEW FRIEND. IM (He pays TO FOLLOW: THEY TAKE LONG WALKS IN) THE BARI TOGETHER MORLOCIC Ste AP aie he Norbu oraa eae, iT, LYNOA URGES MORLOCK TO KEEP.ON WITH HIS WORK. BUT MORLOCK DISAGREES. if Tet -THAT'S LYADAS wee: WHAT'S .., WHAT'S Lt TELL THEM HOW SHE DOING HERE IN THE I CAN'T GO Ow 1 FEEL ABOLIT IT? ERG AEE ER: KILLING PEOPLE m” - THI avo leas. 5 aA i We THEM: EVEN AOW ss. THE PEOPLE I KL aE PEVWANTS. THE@E'S NOTHING I CAN PO ABOLIT IT, ' TELL YousTHEN YOLI'VE FA/LEP US, LYNDA! HE'S BEEN. ON THE VERGE OF QUITTING YOUR MISSION WAS TO Mi FOR MONTHS! IT'S ONLY BECAUSE I'VE MAN- AGED TO PERS: THAT PLANT FREAK OF YOURS I'M HIS FRIEND THAT I'VE MANAGED TO KEEP HIM WORKING FOR YOU FAIS LONG! ANDI | CARRIED Our THAT MISSION! 7 fe 50 YOUVE MANAGED TO KEEP THE PL MIME B 12 H 1 HAVE YOU ow MORLOCK, PLEASE! T your eRienc’ VOUNE GOT TO CORB ERANISY Yt BO UNDERSTAND: THAT DAY IN” mT rn ITWAS A TRICHK.,.TO T ME ‘'¥ CONFI- - YOU'RE NOTHING BUT ‘| WATCH OVER ME TO CONTINUED POIN THAT LTO GAIN of MO, MORLOC x, 7 Alt ViaEVER SINCE HE FIRST AGED i-I REALLY BO CARE Cee GGOWN aon Tee PLANT FOR YOU, MORLOCK! POP HAS MORLOCK KNOWN ANGER. HIS BOPY.- PART MAN, BART PLANT “-TREMELES NOW WITH THs NEW, TERAFYING EMOTION. ANE SUODENLY, AS LYNDA ATTEMPTS GET AWAaY Fe TO SOOTHE HIM WITH A BOGUS ME! PONT TO BPISPLAY OF AFFECTION, SOME- me! THING Sa ANee BEGIN 7 cae «> SOMETHING ) aE M-MORLOCK! HONEYT W-WHAT'S MAaPPEAING TO You? OUITHIN THE EPACE OFA SINGLE, SENSES BHATTORIVE MOM MORLOCK pfs BECOME ae ES, TRANS: BD * Srieaeative HOM = AS ose SOMETAIVE FAL oe . He a ae EAT, FE CNAMBL ms CIN How.FOR THE VERY FiQST ND BOGGLING = eae eae LOCK BEGING LOCKS WH-WHAT'S WHAT'S Aae-PORLOCK TRIES TO BUT ALL THAT COMES FORTH /S A HIPEOUS GURGLE,| IQNE WITHIN SEC- 1 BUT HIS MING 1S CLOUDED WITH THE BESTIAL PRE- wt ONES SHE /S GONE!| PORN THIS MONS MORLOCK CAV UNDERSTAND Ue “s * 7 We Love Ow MORLOCK i=) oer a A oh R SOUNDS OF MEN | a Py te Yale 1+. CAN FEEL aN Otters Ceo THEIQ GUNE WHIZZING We MARMLESSLY THROUGH MS LEAP-ENSHROUDED FORMS ALL HE CANNOT DISCERN SE SAE MEN AREOMEHOW MORLOCK ELUDES HIS PURSUERS AND, HOURS LATER. , eres SOME UNEARTHLY INSTINCT THAT NO MAN WILL Se ene er. EVER COMPREHENO , HE SHAMGLES TOWARC THE CHARREC fi Fi RUING OF THE GREENHOUSE WHOSE GLACK SOIL F/RST GAVE HIM LIFE... (MaA- ft I'M START- Ys 7O CHANGE AGAIN: THIS... THIS (16 FHE PLACE WHERE MY LIFE BEGAAI! THIS 16 WHERE PROF, MROSCHELL FIWGET PLANT [9 £0 THE POS FROM WHICH I EAMERGEO! A NP GURIEC BENEATH THE FLAGSTONE ACCORDING TO THIS, HE HOPED FT WOULD BECOME FLOOR OF THE CHARRED ANC SHATTER) | THE FIRST IN AN ARMY OF PLAT ABM WHO . BO GREENHOUSE , MORLOCK MAKES, WOULO HELP OVERTHROW THE | A MOMENTOUS DISCOVERY. », PICTATORS HIP! — : aTE ACCORDING TO THis, I POSSESS AWESOME 7 EMS! BLT THE PROFESSOR FEARED J THAT WHENEVER I REVERTEC TOMY PRIMITIVE PLANT FORAA , I MIGHT COMMIT ACTS OF HIPEOUS EVIL?! BUT THERE ISN'T MUCH SERUA (ERE! THIS WAS ONLY A SAMPLE!