Strange Adventures #144
Strange Adventures #144
Cover Credits
Artist: Murphy Anderson

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Title: "When the Earth Blacked Out"
Pages: 15

Feature(s):
Atomic Knights

Writer: John Broome
Artist: Murphy Anderson

Reprinted In:
Strange Adventures #226 (1970)
Atomic Knights HC (2010)
Showcase Presents:The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights TPB (2014)

Feature Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • A race of mole men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

Comments:
This story reveals that World War III was started by a race of mole men.

Synopsis:
Bryndon returns to Durvale injured in an encounter with strange mole men. The other Atomic Knights ride out to meet the mole men. They discover the invaders from underground are using plants called Ki-Moli, to envelop the Earth in darkness.

The Knights are turned back in their initial encounter with the mole men, but they take a prisoner with them. By questioning the prisoner, the Knights learn the mole men are weakened by light, so they gather fireflies to use as weapons. The Knights then place the fireflies inside pumpkins and use them as light bombs against the mole men, chasing them back underground.

After destroying the Ki-Moli, the dark cloud above the Earth dissipates. The Knights also learn that it was the mole men who triggered World War III.


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