Great Zeus
Release: March 1, 1962
Cover: June 1962
12 cents
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
5 pages
Zeus decides to head to earth to guide humans away from the path of self-destruction. At first, people think he is a crackpot. But when they see his powers, several agents want to sign him up. He is overwhelmed by the agents and retreats to Mount Olympus
The Man in the Sky!
Release: April 3, 1962
Cover: July 1962
12 cents
Credits: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
5 pages
I read this story in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus vol. 1.
This is one of my all-time favorite story tropes; has been ever since I read my first X-Men comic 28 years ago. Though my first encounter with it would probably be the film Escape to Witch Mountain I saw as a young child.
The basic idea is that there is a child or children with special abilities, and there is a place where they gather together in secret. Perhaps they have a teacher. Perhaps there are competing teachers, each trying to recruit them. Perhaps they encounter prejudice from people who fear them.
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