Amazing Stories of Suspense #180

When the Gorilla-Man breaks free from captivity, he’s driven by a desperate hope to reclaim his humanity—only to be hurled into the void aboard an experimental space capsule, leaving his fate unknown in the silent expanse.

In "The Day Before Doomsday!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #180, a U.S. scientist's sudden defection to the USSR sets off a chain of events that culminates in a massive strike on American soil—only the protective dome built by the defector is no shield, but a launch pod for the Soviet elite, designed to escape Earth before the world ends.

In "Man on a Tightrope," a young girl forms a quiet bond with a once-great tightrope walker nearing the end of his career. After his tragic death during a final performance, his spirit returns not to haunt, but to help—reaching across the veil to heal the very friend he left behind.

In "I Speak of the Haunted House!" from *Amazing Stories of Suspense* #180, two friends test their courage with a bet about the ghosts said to haunt an old house—only one of them begins to wonder if the house itself is the real spirit. The story unfolds with quiet dread, where the walls seem to remember, and the line between the living and the haunted blurs in ways neither friend expected.