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Neal Adams

Neal Adams

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Neal Adams (1941–2022) was a legendary comic book artist renowned for his transformative work on Batman and X-Men, and an impassioned advocate for the "Expanding Earth" theory, which challenged conventional plate tectonics by proposing that Earth has grown significantly over geological time. As a guest on late-night radio, his artistic brilliance and his vigorous scientific iconoclasm made him a uniquely fascinating figure bridging popular culture and alternative earth science.

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August 12, 2006: The Growing Earth - Neal Adams

Aug 12, 2006
2h 41m
Art Bell welcomes comic book legend and amateur scientist Neal Adams, who presents his theory that the Earth has been steadily growing over hundreds of millions of years. Adams explains that if all ocean floor crust is removed and continents are pushed together, they fit on a sphere roughly one quarter the present E...