#23

Synopsis

An old man in a boarding house tells a woman that he is being hunted by a shape-shifting alien. He dies of a heart attack and the woman is relieved, since she is the alien and will not have to kill him.

Reprinted from

• Strange Tales #92— as "The Monster Waits for Me!"; original title "The Thing Hunts for Me!"
• Mystic #12

Credits

Script

Larry Lieber, Stan Lee

Plot

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Carmine Infantino

Inks

Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko, Sy Barry

Letters

Artie Simek, John Duffy

Editor

Roy Thomas

Original editor

Stan Lee

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