He Walked Among Us

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This story comes from Weird Science #13.

Comments

[cyberghostface.insanejournal.com]

There wouldn't be much of a story if they did.

[dr_hermes.insanejournal.com]

Bill Gaines could have tweaked this a bit, where the main character was marooned or thown off a ship for mutiny or something. It's a small detail but it does detract from the story.

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

It does make sense, though. It explains why he has such a large supply of food and medicine available, why he's there in the first place, how he's able to learn their language so quickly - he's trained in these sorts of things - and why he's selfless enough to help out the poor the way he does - he's a SCIENTIST, you know. (Cue 'Thus Spake Zarathustra'.) If he was a mutineer, he probably wouldn't have been given much in the way of supplies, and likely would have been slightly more selfish in his motives.