Number 2028: Not so alarming adventures

“Trapped in the Human Aquarium” has some pretty pictures, credited to Reed Crandall and Al Williamson, but the story is a supernatural or “mystery” story of the era. It has no real conflict, and the surprise depends on a main character who does not recognize a word that is a mirror image on a diver's suit. What a difference in Harvey Comics from just a few years previous, when they published some of the liveliest horror comics in the biz. By 1962, when Alarming Adventures #2 was published, it was an example of the Comics Code during its most powerful period.

Oh well. I bought the comic when it came out because of the John Severin cover, the Crandall/Williamson story I am showing today, and two short stories by Bob Powell.

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