Adventures into Weird Worlds #17

In "He Walks with a Ghost!" from *Adventures into Weird Worlds* #17 (1953), a ruthless man inherits a decaying estate burdened by a hidden cemetery. After hiring a steam shovel to clear the land, he takes over the machine himself—only to find himself haunted by the eerie sound of the shovel moving on its own. As he dozes beneath a tree, the machine rouses him, and in a moment of dread, he sees the dead staring back through the cab window.

In "The Man from Mars!" from Adventures into Weird Worlds #17 (1953), a desperate scientist builds a device to contact Martians, hoping to escape Earth’s looming atomic war. When a saucer lands and he finally gets his chance to ask if he can join them, the Martian’s laughter reveals a shocking truth: Mars is no refuge, but a world locked in endless conflict—and Earth might just be their next destination.

In a dimly lit hospital prison ward, a condemned man is haunted by the quiet presence of his fellow inmate—Jo, who whispers that the window has no bars. Drawn by the promise of escape, the killer climbs through the glass, only to find the view is not of freedom, but of the execution chamber. The weight of his fate settles in, and his heart fails.

In "The Nightmare!", a woman recounts to her psychologist the eerie dream of leading a mundane life as a housewife—only to reveal in the final panel that she’s actually a witch, desperate to live as an ordinary person, seeking help from her warlock therapist. The story quietly subverts expectations with a twist that reframes everything, blending domestic dread with supernatural intrigue.

In "The Gentlemen of the Jury!" from Adventures into Weird Worlds #17 (1953), Nick Rico’s charm and connections have kept him free despite a trail of blood, but when his girlfriend Jo finally snaps, she turns to dark rituals to make sure justice catches up. The story unfolds as the law fails and something far more sinister takes its place—where the jury might not be made of men at all.