In the first issue of Amazing Stories, from all the way back in 1926, we have the first half of a lesser-known novel by Jules Verne! Originally published in 1877, it's called Off on a Comet, or Hector Servadac, and it's the story of a French military officer working in northern Africa who, in the middle of preparing for a duel over a woman, is knocked over by an ear-shattering explosion!
He, as well as a sizeable chunk of the Mediterranean coast, has been captured by a comet that hit Earth with a glancing blow and continued off on its irregular orbit.
