Acção e Mistério - Edição Especial #3

In a quiet village nestled near a misty mountain, a sculptor carves two statues—one of pure light, one of shadow—only to find the darker figure steps from stone and turns on him. The statue of good intervenes, but both are dragged into the swamp as the night deepens.

In "Desafiei a Cabeça Voadora!", a giant floating head looms over New York, declaring itself the vanguard of an alien invasion and demanding mass evacuation. When it destroys a warehouse to prove its power, panic spreads—until a young boy steps forward with a startling truth: the spectacle is a carefully staged hoax, orchestrated by criminals planning to exploit the chaos.

In "Eu Sou o Homem Sem Cara!", a bigoted man’s cruelty takes a chilling turn when a gypsy’s curse traps him beneath a black hood he can never remove—forever. The story unfolds with quiet dread, exploring the weight of guilt and the price of prejudice in a town that forgets nothing.

In a chilling 1977 tale from *Acção e Mistério - Edição Especial #3*, a lone nuclear submarine stumbles upon an alien hibernating deep within a glacier—awake at last, watching humanity’s self-destruction with cold anticipation. Waiting for the end of the world, he sees the rise of nuclear weapons as the final act of a species doomed to fail.

In the 1977 special edition of *Acção e Mistério*, "Aí Vem Thorg, o Incrível" kicks off with a classic sci-fi twist: when Professor Linus accidentally awakens the legendary Thorg the Unbelievable, he must race to prevent the warrior from rousing his ancient comrades and plunging the world into chaos. The story unfolds with tense urgency, grounded in a simple but effective premise—once awakened, Thorg’s power is no longer contained.

In "Sou Vítima do Feiticeiro!", a nameless man stumbles through a fog-laced night, his mind fractured and his past a blur. Haunted by unseen forces, he’s drawn back to the only place he’s ever known—a prison hidden within a forgotten painting, where a sorcerer’s curse keeps him trapped for a betrayal long buried.

In the shadowed halls of a Transylvanian wax museum, Vandoom dares to defy nature by crafting a new monster to revive his fading attraction. When a lightning strike brings his creation to life, it defies expectations—fearful but peaceful, it refuses to harm the villagers. When Martian invaders descend upon the village, Vandoom must convince his gentle creature to fight, setting the stage for a desperate stand that will test the limits of life, loyalty, and what it means to be a monster.

Gorgilla, a towering creature seeking to connect with humanity, arrives in New York after stowing away on a ship—but his peaceful intentions are met with terror and gunfire. When he intervenes to stop a deadly plot by communist spies, his actions only deepen the fear he was trying to overcome.

In the 1977 sci-fi anthology *Acção e Mistério - Edição Especial #3*, "Alguma Coisa Perdida!" follows a secret stowaway aboard Mercury’s first manned mission—Jo, the lover of one of the pilots. Tensions rise as the crew confronts hostile alien natives, but it’s her quiet act of devotion that may be the key to survival.