If you're like me and a fan of Nina Albright's arresting artistic style, you'll find a lot to like about "The Formula of Fate" from the January 1944 issue of Terrific Comics #1. But this is also one heckuva crime horror / mad scientist hoot, with a tragically hilarious final reveal that actually made me LOL.
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In the H G Wells version the scientist tested the formula on a cat before trying it on himself, Gerald should have done the same and spared himself a one-way trip to the cemetery.
Being invisible sounds great, but only for a little while, not forever.
It would cut into one's social life being overlooked all the time.
The temporary solution would be to cover one's hands and face with makeup as was done in the TV movie The Invisible Woman 1983.
The blue shrouded guy looks like a cousin of Fate from Hand of Fate comics, only he doesn't interfere with Gerald's decision.
Completely caught off guard by that ending. For sure I felt like this was going to place where he'd be completely immaterial for eternity or something but ... nope. Dead! I loved it, the surprise worked really well for me. It's helped by the fact that he making a ton of plans which lulls you into the sense he's going to keep going.
Of they mix up invisibility + immaterial here.
The paneling is a bit nuts here, as you sometimes see in these early comics. A bit too much tell vs show, but the ending making up for it. This is a good one!
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