Three Frightened People Three desperate fugitives hold the Barkley family hostage at gunpoint. The escaped convicts would be safe from the law, holed up in the remote spot along the desolate stretch of Montana highway. But little did they realize that the family's battle-wise soldier was coming back from Korea. And how could anyone know about the amazing circumstances that made him immune to their bullets?
Story by Carl Wessler
Art & inks by Reed Crandall
The Wish A 2-page text suspense story. The Wilsons were a poor but proud family, honest and hard-working. One day, young Bobby Wilson uses a chicken's wishbone to make a wish...with unexpected results.
Panel sketch by John Forte.
The Black Book A 5-page horror tale about the cold-hearted, sea-faring Captain Josiah Stone. There was nothing this man wouldn't do to beat another ship into port so he could get a better price for his cargo. Nothing.
With greed spurring him on, Captain Stone reads a spell from a book of black magic. His wish? That the treacherous waters become calm like a "sea of glass."
Be careful what you wish for.
Art & Inks by Manny Stallman
Mr. Know-It-All A 4-page science fiction tale. Professor Robert Emory was a vast storehouse of knowledge. Nothing could stump him. He knew everything.
But the arrogant man could not recognize the strange secret of the Moon Men at the Happytime Amusement Park.
Story by Carl Wessler
Art and Inks by John Forte
Into Thin Air! A 4-page science fiction adventure. Where do elephants go when they die? Even the local natives don't know the answer to that one. So big-game hunter Roger Colton was determined to track down a dying pachyderm and discover the secret.
Story by Paul S. Newman
Art & Inks by Ed Winiarski
Someone Is In My Room! A 5-page horror tale (cover story). It began soon after George Johnson's illness, an illness that kept him out of the office for almost two weeks.
One night, upon returning home from work, he noticed a strange thing... an extra bed in his bedroom. And it had been slept in!
Night after night, it appears that a mysterious guest keeps sleeping in Johnson's home.
Who could it be? Why can't Johnson see him? Is Johnson going insane?
Art & Inks by Bob Brown
