Overview
Edward Smith uses a time machine to travel to the year 5,000,000 BC, but it starts to affect the Timestream, transforming him into an ape. He reverses and travels to 1,500,000 BC, where humans are slaves of gorilla soldiers. The gorilla soldiers capture Edward, thinking he is a spy, but the slaves save him. They all flee into the woods. Edward discovers a metal that deflects the gorilla ray guns' fire. He leads a revolt, with the other humans, using shields made out of the metal. Like in the Time machine, the cruel oppressors are defeated. Edward returns home, thinking how things could have happened in reverse.
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Victor von Doom
Mister Mxyzptlk
Mr. Mxyzptlk
TACTICAL VERDICT: Mister Mxyzptlk triumphs with an estimated 63% win probability. Raw destructive energy projection (100 vs 24) proved insurmountable in prolonged exchanges.
3-Round Encounter Breakdown:
Mister Mxyzptlk dictates early tempo, utilizing superior speed and reflexes (100 vs 17) to evade initial advances and land decisive precision strikes.
Mister Mxyzptlk counters with devastating offensive potency (100 Power rating), breaking through A-Bomb's forward defensive perimeter.
Exploiting an opening in the late exchanges, Mister Mxyzptlk's elite martial execution (50 Combat) overwhelms A-Bomb, landing the closing blow to claim the battle.
Publication history
6 1956
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