Adventures into Weird Worlds #24
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The One Who Was Dead," a desperate scientist on a failing rocket mission faces a chilling choice: use a radical weight-reduction device to save the crew, but at a terrifying cost. Chuck Winter’s stark, expressive art brings the claustrophobic tension to life, while Carl Burgos and Bill Everett’s cover captures the story’s eerie, otherworldly dread. A 10-cent comic from 1953, it’s a gripping early example of science fiction’s darker side.
In the cold silence of space, a desperate scientist faces a harrowing choice: save his crew by using a radical device that halves their weight—or risk losing them entirely. When the experiment on a monkey succeeds, he tries it on himself, only to discover the device’s terrifying limits. A tense, haunting tale of science and sacrifice, told in just three pages.
In "Look Out for the Martians," Jo awakens to a shocking truth: he’s not human, but a Martian incubated in a human body, his identity only surfacing at maturity. As human agents known as 'scanners' close in to neutralize him, Jo must grapple with his origins and the danger he now poses—before he can understand who he truly is.
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Reprinted in Mystic #41 (1963), Spellbound #41 (1963), Uncanny Tales #177 (1987), Secrets of the Unknown #101, Secrets of the Unknown #39
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