Nukla 1965 #1 - back issue - $5.00
Information about the U-2 plane.
CIA agent Matthew Gibbs is transformed into Nukla when he is obliterated by an atomic blast while on mission over China.
Matthew Gibbs reports to his CIA chief, Jim Clarke, and is given a first assignment for his new persona as Nukla.
Matthew Gibbs assumes the name of Laszlo Von Haarte to visit Luis De Mal and learn his plans, but is poisoned and imprisoned before he can inform anyone.
As Nukla, Matthew Gibbs destroys all the instruments of De Mal's plot to detonate a nuclear bomb in a small country's harbor, including De Mal.
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- Origin of Nukla - Cover touts the Origin of Nukla. Giordano art per original art. Previous indexer credited Rocco Mastroserio.
- The U-2 - Art appears to be the same as the main story. Inside front cover.
- The Origin of Nukla - Similarly to the later origin of Dr. Manhattan in The Watchmen, Matthew Gibbs reconstitutes himself by manipulating atoms, using his consciousness after he is physically obliterated.
- Doomsday... Minus 2 Minutes - Nukla uses his atomic powers to change fissionable material into silica. Giordano pencils per Lewis Wayne Gallery. Previous indexer credited Sal Trapani.
- World's Biggest Life-Size Poster of The Beatles - inside back cover
- Personalized Identification Rings - inside back cover
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