Man Made Monster Page #3

Have you kept a record

of the treatments?

Of course. I'll get it.

Here it is, Doctor.

I think you'll find everything

according to your instructions.

Oh, I...

I don't know what's the matter with me.

I'm...

I'm weak as a kitten.

Oh, you've overtaxed yourself

at that convention.

Probably.

Why don't you go upstairs

and lie down for a while?

You watch Dan carefully.

We mustn't let anything happen to him.

But of course.

I'll take care of him.

You go to bed.

It's been a good many years

since I've been tucked in.

It's very pleasant

being waited on.

Are you sure

you'll be all right?

I hate to run out on you like this,

but it's Mark's night off and we planned...

Now, I understand perfectly

and please don't worry about me.

Well, here are your reference books

and your paper and your pencil.

But if you take my advice,

you'll go to sleep.

Thanks. There's just a few

things I want to look up.

Promise?

Yes, I promise.

Now, run along.

Good night.

Good night.

Dan, I have here

a nationally advertised cigarette.

Now, if you'll watch closely,

I'll put the cigarette

in the palm of my left hand

and make it disappear.

Now, watch me.

Right out through the elbow!

Pretty good, huh?

How about a little card trick?

Here you are.

You like card tricks?

I have a standard deck

of playing cards here.

Now, if you'll just pick any card

out of the deck, any card at all.

Don't let me force

the ace of spades on you.

Any card.

That's it,

take one of those right there.

That's fine. Now, you look at

the card, remember what it is,

and put it back in the deck.

Okay, put it back in the deck there

anywhere at all.

Just slide it in there.

That's it. Put it in the...

Hey, Dan...

What goes on in here?

I don't know.

I was showing Dan some card tricks

and I guess I didn't go over so big.

How's Dr. Lawrence?

Oh, he's much better.

I made him promise to

go to sleep early.

What seems to be

the matter with him?

Well, overwork, I guess.

He was pretty nauseated and awfully weak.

Sounds like somebody's been

dishing out mickeys around here.

"Mickey"?

Yeah, that's a little thing they give you

when your presence is no longer required.

Now, where would Uncle John

get a thing like that?

Dan, I'm ready for you.

Mark, I'm not going.

There's something wrong around here.

Well, it certainly isn't

with Dr. Rigas.

Dan seemed anxious enough

to go in there with him.

Yes, that's just it.

Dr. Rigas seems to have some sort of hold

on him that the rest of us don't know about.

Oh, June,

don't go Edgar Allan Poe on me.

Look, you see these tickets?

They cost $1.10 apiece.

And when a newspaper man lays out

cash for tickets, that is true love.

Hurry up, will you, Doc?

You like these treatments,

don't you, Dan?

Yeah.

They make me feel strong

like I used to.

They wear off too quick.

Oh, well, we'll fix that.

Now, stretch out, please.

That's right.

This is our final experiment.

If we're successful,

we shall have proven a theory

that will revolutionize the world,

a theory that will silence completely

those scoffers who babble of trivialities.

And we shan't be disturbed.

I've taken care of that.

Yeah, that's what

I thought you said.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Better?

Look, June,

this is a big night.

I've got a lot of important things

to do and say.

But I can't get started if you're

not gonna pay any attention to me.

Oh, Mark, I'm...

Now, wait a minute. Let me finish.

I had this whole routine

all worked out,

the show, supper,

a little music,

you know, sort of work up

to it gradual like,

and now you dust me off

with the first pitch.

What's the matter?

Don't you want to go?

Well, of course I want to go.

And I want the dancing

and I want the supper,

and most of all

I want to hear what you have to say.

But, Mark, I'm worried.

Take me back to the laboratory

and let me check on Uncle John and Dan

and make sure they're all right,

and then wind yourself up

for some enthusiastic cooperation.

Well,

now you've made a deal.

Now you'll do exactly as I say.

Step down from there.

Success.

Even more than I hoped.

Come.

Now, point your finger

at that condenser.

Stop. That's the power,

the energy in you.

We must conserve it.

I have prepared for that.

Come over here.

Now...

Get into this rubber suit.

It will insulate you.

That will save the electricity

that's giving you your strength.

With these rubber gauntlets,

your power is safe.

Without them, it will run from you

into everything you touch.

There you are!

Not Dan McCormick,

but something I created.

Obey my will.

I can give you life

or take it from you.

Paul, what are you doing?

Finishing the experiment!

That proves once and for all that my

theory of electro-biology is correct.

Look! There he stands,

the shell of a man.

Electrically alive,

every impulse controlled by me.

Come here.

You must be mad.

Of course, I'm mad!

But while you were fooling

with the conventions,

I have conquered destiny!

Think of an army

of such creatures,

doing the work of the world,

fighting its battles.

Look at him.

The worker of the future,

controlled by a superior intelligence.

We must assemble all the great scientists

and show them this creature. We must...

Where are you going?

To call the police.

You've destroyed a human being.

That's murder.

Oh, please, don't.

You're a brother scientist,

you must understand.

What is one life

compared to this discovery?

Oh, he'll live, a beautiful

existence. No pain, no sorrow.

John, don't!

Stop him!

Dan! Dan, don't you know me?

That's enough.

Let him go.

He's dead.

You killed him.

Remember that,

you killed him.

When they ask you,

you tell them.

You killed him!

Now come,

I must get that power out of you.

Come.

Take that.

You'll remember nothing of what

happened except what I told you.

You killed him.

I killed him.

All right, sugar, take your

look and let's get going.

Uncle John!

What happened?

Dr. Lawrence came into the laboratory to

check the treatment I was giving our patient.

I left the room for a moment.

There was a crash.

When I came back, our patient

was choking Dr. Lawrence.

I was too late to help.

Do you mean to say

Dan killed him?

I don't believe it.

Ask him.

Dan, it's a lie,

isn't it?

You didn't kill Dr. Lawrence,

did you?

Come on, Dan,

we're your friends.

Did you kill him?

I killed him.

Is Mr. Stanley

in his office?

I'll see.

What is your name, please?

June Lawrence.

Yeah?

- Miss Lawrence to see you.

Have her come in.

Dr. Lawrence's secretary.

You go ahead with the preliminaries.

Yes, sir.

Come in, Miss Lawrence.

Mr. Stanley, I want to talk to you

about Dan McCormick.

Of course, sit down.

Now, what about Dan McCormick?

Dan didn't kill Dr. Lawrence.

Well, he's signing a statement

that says he did.

I know, but Dan couldn't kill anything.

He was kind

and gentle and...

Well, something has happened

to change Dan completely,

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