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An alchemist's laboratory: a young man drinks an elixir of life while the alchemist is incapacitated. Wood engraving by H.K. Browne (Phiz), 1865.

Looking backward / Edward Bellamy.

All star western : featuring Jonah Hex. 28, His own worst enemy! / [Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, writers ; Staz Johnson and Fabrizio Fiorentino, artists].

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Looking backward / Edward Bellamy.

An alchemist's laboratory: a young man drinks an elixir of life while the alchemist is incapacitated. Wood engraving by H.K. Browne (Phiz), 1865.

All star western : featuring Jonah Hex. 28, His own worst enemy! / [Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, writers ; Staz Johnson and Fabrizio Fiorentino, artists].