The Man on the Beach
- by unknown writers and Bill La Cava
- Comic Book
- Science Fiction, Weird Fiction
- YA and Up
- Definite Time Travel
- English
The Man on the Beach
by unknown writers and Bill La Cava, in Strange Tales #4 (Atlas Comics, December 1951).
A couple on the beach talk with an absent-minded beachcomber, Robert Gordon, who claims that only he can save the world from being wiped out by a backwash from the future.
—Michael Main
You are 5,000 years in the Earth’s future!
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- Time Periods
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Circa AD 1950 to 1959: Robert Gordon’s home time
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: Gordon stopped in AD 2000 to look at the scenery
- Near Future, AD 2300 and Beyond: circa AD 7000, when Earch is being attacked by the Greenies
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Circa AD 1950 to 1959: Robert Gordon’s home time
- Timeline Models
- Pruned Timeline: The timeline of Robert Gordon’s Earth is certainly at risk—possibly others, too: You’ve got to help me find it before all existence is wiped out!
- Unexplained Timeline Model
- Time Travel Methods
- Time Portal: The machine in the spaceship opens some kind of time portal.
- Groupings
Variants
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The Man on the Beach
by unknown writers and Bill La Cava, in Strange Tales #4 (Atlas Comics, December 1951).