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So here's the scoop, Crivs! Martians crash-land on Earth, but remain undiscovered, leaving the populace nervous and frightened about what their purpose might be. A month passes, and we see two human-looking individuals, male and female (apparently husband and wife), in a house, with wifey fretting over hubby having to go out somewhere. After he's gone, wifey discovers she's out of coffee and goes out to buy some. Then the scene switches to hubby arriving home and discovering wifey absent, whereupon he rushes to the 'phone, presumably to call the police. Then it's revealed that hubby and wifey are the Martians, but that creates a little problem, story-wise.
What's the problem, you ask. Simple! Who exactly is hubby calling? It can't be the police, as he's effectively revealing he and his wife are Martians (who like Earth coffee), and surely he wouldn't blow the gaff that he and his missus are the ones the police are searching for. Wait, I know! His 'phone is really a disguised Martian communicator and he's calling the Martian mothership for assistance. Yeah, hardly likely - and notice that hubby has four arms, whereas there's no indication from what she was wearing earlier (trust me) that wifey was similarly equipped.
It doesn't really make much sense - Stan must've had far too much to do that month to think things out properly before he began scripting the yarn. (And who made the four-armed clothes?) Any of you Crivvies got an explanation for the lack of logic in the plot, or am I just expecting too much from a 5-page back-up tale in Amazing Fantasy #15? Do tell.