Al's NAME IS MORLOCK, AND.IN ALL THE WORLO THERE IS NO OTHER MAN LIKE HIM, FoR MORLOCK INS A PLANT MAN, GROWN IN A GREENHOUSE AND HATCHED FROM A PoC, WITH POWERS SO HIPEQLGLY AWESOME AS TO STAGGER THE IMAGINATION. THAT IS WHY, IN THE TOTALITARIAN BRA OF 200% 4.2., MORLOCK IS 4 CONSTANT THREAT TO THE ESTABLISHEP ORDER. THAT IS WHY THE WORD HAS BEEN SENT OUT THAT +-, DON'T WOMRY, ME. MOR- Lock! EVEN THOLIGH Lim Fee, AND CAN'T SEE you, CAN TELL YOU'RE GoOLS ANP MIME ANC GENTLE * THAT'S WHY M GOING TO HELP you es - CAPE FROM HERE, FF ROVIA Vi MICHAEL FLEISHER | MLLEN MIL GROM AL MUPPER BERS Eo(ToOe WRITES LETTERING blication 717 Fifth Avenu nd cl. ed. hLIN THE CITY'S ™ i MAIN SQUARE, BE LOUDSPEAKERS REL CHERIT. ) CITIZEN WHO PROVIDES THE AUTHORITIES WITH INFORMATION REGARD- ALL AIGHT NOw- Sd rf YOU PEOPLE / EVERY- * ONE FORMA £4vi" } seus v ¥ : i fh) HE ir yAN A MORLOCK IG AT! PAPERS ARE HEY WAIT A AMINUTE! FOOURSE yur LARGE SOMEWHERE E “2. INTHE CFF ¥ AND CAN A1AsS! | your z. CARD! WELL NOT LET HIM ESCAPE! ee 7 EVERYONE 5 H DCA PREPARE wsEPacFPLEES THROUGH CITY Mey! IT'S Aral! IT'S MORLOCK? HIM GET Away’ LET'S CATCH HiIMoeae-) | SELVES! THEY'RE OFFER- 1 ING A REWARD OF £O ee FOR H JS.) AP TRE” THERE HE Goes! THAT'S THE MAN nw “ih TUS SP a aie “an FRANTICALLY MORLOCK ALL AVBWT MEN CLOSE faa ¥? 8 #Af ON HI STREETS WITH POLICE m + ANP MONEY -HLVGaY Ea CIMIZENS BAYING LIKE oa ( TROEREC! T-I'M BLOOPHOUNDS AT His ato LET'S BASH IN His FACE... TUST FOR THE Fu’ OF IT! fy MAvYGE IF WE STOMP a Je DEATH , ee WIE EOMB icin OF IBLIC SERVICE AWARD.no OUT OF THE Weay VERMIN! THIS IS A} |} POLICE MATTER! PUT THROUGH AN EMERGENCY CALL TO THE NEXT SWITCAivG | TERMINAL 7 MINUTES LATER, INSIPE THE TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED PROPLICE CAR OF THE ULTRA-SPEEC PNEUMATIC. MORLOCK CRAWLS INTO AN EMPTY CORNER -.. AND, EXHAUSTED BY THE LONG CHASE, FALLS FAST ASLEEP... ad LEAPING ONTO THE TRAIN TRackKs,* THAT'S JUST GREAT! NOW AMO OAVE WILL GET THE REWARD!WELL, WELL, WELL ,LADS.’ cus AT THE SCUM THE TIPE : a ve IN (ae MT! 4 a E Aa a Mtheey gs) Je iN IF HE'S CARRVIN' M4MQAVE¥ ON HIM : WE ‘GUBHT LACAN esa ohh. > DIPJA HEAR Fiat, LADS® HE Says HE POESN'T HAV ANY COIN TO GIVE US s TRYIN! TO. SLEEP INOUE CAG FOR FREE, HEH? THAT'S BLOO@Y Giemumac ¢ I NEVER COULD SRANe A MAN WHO WOULBN'T : ray HIS = IF HE WON'T SELVES TO TH HE WEARIA)’.! WHY, SIMPLY YT THI Iie WE SHOLIL SP FANCY METAL-Fi MENG! YOU MUSTN'T j TAKE THEM. OF; T £008 i SF WASHEp Cnt ANE WE, : MOT? I 14 YOUR BELie LifTLe HANDEL, GET, CHAPPED? Leave Me @e/ UNBE: ee rao!AIN'T HE A LITTLE FELLOW F «+ ANP THEN THROW HIM OFF THE BLOOPY-- GASP! WH-WHAT'S THIS GREEN THINGS? ; Lit'S SOME C'MON , LAPS! LETS KING OF FL/NGL‘S, BUST UP THIS YOKELS ‘ LooK'S LIKE’ APMS ALITTLE; JUST FoR LAUGHS... BUT MORLOCK'S WARNING HAS'COME TOO LATE’ FOR AS HE GAZES ON IN HELPLESS MHORROR, THE MALIGNANT GREEN FUNGUS TRANSMITTED BY HIS TOUCH SPEEAPS RELENTLESSLY OVER THE TWITCHING, SQUIRMING BOPIES. OF HIS THREE = TORMEN TORS. 43 Sy AGAIN. ALEX OLO BEAN! NOW... PUM # L-I'VE GOT ITFOO! a-anc IT'S SPREAPING... SPREAPING ALL OVER’ GIVEN US SOME KINP OF AWFLIL I-l WARNEP You / _ L TRIER To TELL You NOT TO --/ UNTIL FINALLY, AGOAZ/NG SECONOGS LATER, THEY STAND MUTELY MOOTED TO THE FREIGHT-CAR Mae GHASTLY PLANTS IN YS TORTIE AUAMAN FO. se een T-I WISH THEY WOULD Have 2£ISTENEL! NOW I'LL HAVE TO LEAVE THIS PLACE ...BEFORE I CAN FEEL THE TRAIN SLOWING POWAS IF T'M IM LUCK, NO ONE HEARD S THEIR GHASTLY SHRVEKIVE! ITS A GOOP THING THE THOLIGHT POLICE WARNED ME YOU'? BE AIDING ABOARD THIS TRAIALS M-MY HEAP.’ IT'S STARTING TO... %O THROS INA STRANGE Way’ NOW GET INTO THE PEFEN- TIAN ROOM! I'VE GOT TO _ | CALL THOUGHTPOLICE MEAG ~ QUARTERS SO THEY CAN SEND OITA KAM To PICK TH-THIS PAIA' T FEEL! Ww JIT MEANS TM GOING * *To... CHAMGE:..! .I-I'VEGOT To TAKE SOME OF PROF. KROSHELL'S SERIM BEFORE I TURN INTO THE... THE LLANT MONSTER’ MEY! WHAT PO You THINK YOU'RE PAD/A/G?IT'S JUST SOME ci MEDICINE PLEASE tere ie Hive GOT THIS ae - HELLO? OPERATOR 2? FUT MB THROUGH TO THOUGHT- POLICE HEAPAUARTERS I'VE GOTA AT ONCE ! ANC AY ‘ PANGEROUS FG ITHVE HERE! \) PUT IT AWAY, YOU STINKING PEVIANT! UM NOT STUDS T KNOW AGBOLIT THE KINGS OF DRUGS YOU PEOPLE TAKE! ; P PuT iT Aware 1'it f BO YOU MB? T'LL KILL WHAT ARE YOU GAPING AT. OPERATOR = DION'T I TELL YOU tL was IN A--Lop nee wal © ay . HIS LUST FOR GORE TEMPORARILY SATE; THE MoR- | faa ge pp Acer i LOCK MONSTER SHAMBLES OFF INTO THE COUN- [if - TRYSIPE ANP, AFTER SLOWLY REGAINING HIS HUMAN FORK... 9 os: 1-IT SOUNPS LIKE A CAV/LD...A LITTLE GI@l... IN TROUBLE!WHHOUTA MOMENT'S THOUGHT FOR HIS OWN SAFETY, MORLOCK RACES ACROSS THE OPEN FIELD AND... WHAT KIND OF CREATURES ARE THESET ~“WAS LIKE SLAMMING INTO 2 PILE OF SOGGY LEAVES!¥ THIS OUGHT To PUT SHacay, » HERE GUT OF THE A/eser7.* H] AS THE GRUESOME MONSTERS ; I) “OVE RELENTLESsLy FORMMRD, E| MORLOCK IS SLOWLY FORCE To - {] GIVE GROUND, UNTIL FINALLY... f cee DON'T WORRY: MISTER! * IM HERENOWS AT LEAST THAT LITTLE GIQL HAS GOTTEN AWAY! BUT Now IT ey LOOKS LIKE I've HAG IT! ' MELP HIM, PACRY/ DON'T LET THEM A¥Ce7 I WON'T HONEY, “ NOW STANPTHE CREATURES -- THEY'RE BOTH BURNING LIKE DRIED BRANCHES Y-YOU SAVER MY LIFE! I AND NOW PLEAS E IT WAS J WHO THE MONS TE: SHALL BE ETERNALLY . ACCEPT MY CEEPEsST ff | OMe —\_ ORATEF LI ‘aS APOLOGIES, Mes Cram WERE Ahi Ar a Fi ‘iL ‘ - A Wi A NE “1! te | A MOLECULAR FORM OF AONeN: I COULD PO WO LESS. ‘ IF NOT FOR yes MY TER NEEL HAVE & MY NAME 1S BERT- LING! T AMA SCIENTIST“BUT THOSE TWO WENT SASL 0K ANP ESCAPES ! THANK Gop YOL/ HAPPENE? BY WHEN You 2/0." my PAUGHTER KAREN IS @4sve ANC COULDN'T HAVE DEFENCED HER~- SELF AGAINST THOSE MOWSTERS ! PLM Hiaadl *@ PRESENTLY... 1 ons WHAT POCES MR.MORLOCK £00 LIKE, PAPRY 7 HERE IT AP. MR. MORLOCK ! MY LIFE'S AN AGONIZING BLEND OF 'SGANP FAILURE ! --FoR EVE2y PROPUCING & PLANT MAN » HE EVOLVES INTO A MONSESTROES CREATURES YOU FOL/GHT OUT THERE,’ PERHAPS I'VE UNCER TAKEN AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK! MAYGE MEN & T BE CREATEC FROM PLANT SUBSTANCES WITHOUT GHASTLY SYCE EFFECTS / AAY FRIENP PROF. SCHELL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CREATE PLANT MEN; TOO. T'C CONSUL] WITH HIM ABOLIT THE PROBLEMS I've BEEN HAVING BUT 1 CAN'T/ HE'S PEAP-WH-WHAT THE AUTHORITIES L1QUWIGATED NOW I'LL NEVER KNOW IF HE SUCCEEDED HAPPENED | HIM AND DEST! TO HIME GREAT BUT MY GREATEST COME RN 1S MAREN! HER EYESIGHT COULP BE MESTORED, OT LEAST Pa @THALLY, 1 ONLY I COULE AFFORD THE OPERATIONS ROYECP ALL HIS WHERE I'VE FAILED -- IF HE CREATEO HUMANOID EXPERTMENTS ¢ CREATURES FROM PLANT MATERIAL WITHOUT HAVING THEM TURN INTO MONSTERS“ { LITTLE Does HE KWVOWw THAT ZI AM ONE OF KROSCHELUS PLANT MEN! BUT NOT BEING A. GOVERAMENT SCIENTIST, IT EAQN £/F7FZE MONEY! EVEN MY WORK ITSELF 15 OFFICIALLY FORBIPDEN/ IF THE FOUGHT Pmcice EVER FOUN? ME OUT T'P BE SLAIN , JUST LIKE PROF. , | MMPOSCHELL NO POUBT ABOwT IT, SERGEANT! THIS IS MORLOCK'ES WORK... THAT HIDEOLIS FUNEES HE TRANSMITS WITH HIS MANOS! L/EUTENAN T-- THE STATIONMASTER FFAND HIS OFFICE — HE KILLER A GVAPé AT THE WE WOULDN'T WEBD TO 1S PESERTEC! THEE'S GOVERNMENT'S ZAM COM: IF MORLOCK WOULP ONLY A POOL OF BRACKIGH PLEX IN PRECIGELY THE AGREE TO HELP Us S2/ME'ON THE FLOOR NEAR SAME Way?! AFTER He SAXTERMINATE THE THE KICEO -PHONE ! 4 TRANSFORMS INTO THE ENEMIES OF THE STATE, ; REAM MONSTER HE BUT He STEADFASTLY. CES HIS VICTIMS FUBES! Ta EL? ciMe Sf " 5 Pg MORLOCK IS ASLEEP! HE MUST BE EXMAUSTEP APTER HIS HARROWING ORBBAL! IT'LL CONTINUE WITH MY EXPERIMENTS TILL HE AWAKENS.’ LATELY I'VE BEEN FEELING 60 A/ERVOUS S50 TENSE.’ PERHAPS IF L_TURN ON THE [) F7eceviewem it'll RELAX ME Nee 5 WHILE I WwoRK/ \ oes ANP A (ce PRAGNET 1S INPERWAY FOR WHA--? THAT'S. MORLOCK! HE'S WANTED BY THE AUTHORITIES ”THE THOUGHT CONTROL COUNCIL IS OFFERING A REWARD OF $00 CeEeCITS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO : m, MORLOCK'S CartTuURE ‘ az HE |S RUMORED To BE-- ; < i . P FIVE MLINDREO r I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! HE rr CREATE! THAT'S A SEEMED NO Ste Ma ROM i SMALL FORTUNE ! IT'S MORE THAN (er por 500 CREGITS TI EVEN HAVE COULP GET ENOUGH KAREN THE &yé LEFT OVE... OPERATION . SHE NEES. WHAT AM L FAVA F MORLOCK SAVED “ANP YET » THE aapouner SAIC THAT MY DAUGHTER'S £778! 1 CAW'T TURN He MORLOCK IS A. AMENACING ALIEN IN To THE AUTHORITIES NO L£E-FORM ! I WNGHT OF BE HARBOR- MATTER HOW MLICH THE ING A MONSTER WHO THZEATENS a REWARD! Al] fe THE SAFETY ANP SECURITY OF OUR ENTIRE WoRLD/iF | PROTECT MORLOCK I MAY BE DOOMING OFTAVERS / I CAN'T TAKE THAT CAYANCE... EVEN IF HE C4 SAVE MY PAUGHTER * WHAT IS THIS ALLA BOLT F Mt GET INSIPE THAT SHEP I'LL IT'S MY BUTY TO TURN HIM OVER To THE POLice/ THE REWARD HAS NOTHING To PO WITH IT Y DON'T PLAY OumMa ! 1 KNOW WHO you < NOW MOVe / Ane iNT 7RY ANYTHING? T WON'T HESITATE TO . SHOOT / KEEP YOU THERE UNTIL THE THOUGHT }%: POLICE ARRIVE! FOR THE SAFETYOF MANKIND... ¥ AND FOR MY PALIGHTER TO RE- yer, GAIN HER SIGHTYOU'RE WORTH SOO CREDITS! THAT WILL BUY MY PAUGHTER THE OPERATION SHE NEEDS / THERE / NOW HE'S LOCKEP IN ANP THIS i POOR |S SOLIP OAK? EVEN IF THE POLICE ARE TRYING To CATCH & MR. MORLOCK , HE'S STILL A GOOD, BRAVE MAN ,,. AND DAPPY'S WYRONG TO LOCK HIM UP IN THE SHEP LIKE AN ANIMAL ! Pon't WoerRRY! IM ~ GOING TO GET You coats IT THE CHILD, KAREN: HH WO! DEAR. Sao! I'M oer 7 iA My eae! ‘its THROBBING! ay. 280 TRYING TO p ESCAPE Is 4 WASTE OF TIME’ ¢ DADBY HAS MR, MORLOCK } 1 WANT TOO SEE MORE THAN ANYTHING iN THE WeRLP! BUT WOT IF IT MBA PING Poor MR) MORLOCK Ti vari } \ “LIM TRANSFORMING | AND MY SMALL SUPPLY OF SERUM IS GONE! IT MUST'VE FALLEN FROM MY POCKET WHILE T WAS TAKING THAT AAG’ Ww;WHAT'S THE MATTE@ 2 WHY ARE are oo BUT WAT ¥ MR. MORLOCK F WHAT'S WRONG? DON'T YOU UNPERSTANE FT TAA SETTING YOU FMEE? OH MO?! IT CAN'T BES Bl NOT KAMEA/S NOT AY... EA -GAsSP- MY BABY / Soop acne’ THAT... THAT WAS MAREN!IT WAS. MORLOCK! I'LL MAKE HIM AA? go “S08 AE PIP THIS! MEL MET WILL! Z'LL TRACK HIM COWN AN? © PEBTROY HIM IF IT TAKES THE REST OF MWY E/E! IT 1S DAWN WHEN MORLOCK FINAL Y AWAKENS FROM A PEEP SLEEP IN A WOOPEP AREA ANP PINPS HIMSELF RESTORED To HUMAN FORM the OH MY GOO! L REMEMBER IT 422 / EVERY HORRIFYING MOMENT OF IT! THIG TIME I KILLED A POOR INNOCENT G/2Z f HOW MANY MOME MUST I SLAY BEFORE | THIS MAOCNESS -- THIS NIGH TMA "==FINALLY EWOS J? ANP THE SERUM...THE VIAL) | I CAN'T. GO ON THIS Way ANY OF GERUM THATCAN PREVENT LONGER. xe". I Mes es harree riscd seveelowe NO ME FROM TURNING INTO THE | [WAS GREATED FOR a ey oor. _ PLANT MONSTER 1S GONE! | hue EASO. ow ¥-- TMS H tif Foti W IT TILL M¥ ; ww AND T MUST COME PESTINY 1S SERVED. TO KNOW THAT REASON/ J