Amazing Stories of Suspense #28

In "The Monster in the Iron Mask!", a seemingly unstoppable alien menace terrorizes Earth with terrifying precision—until a clever magician begins to unravel the truth behind the invader’s seemingly flawless tactics. As the alien’s confidence grows, so does the magician’s suspicion that the creature’s greatest strength is built on a single, hidden vulnerability.

In "Fair Exchange," a crew of spacemen believes they’ve struck a bargain when they trade their dwindling food supply for mineral rights to a planet rich in uranium—only to realize too late that the alien traders were just passing through, and the planet’s true value may be far more dangerous than they ever imagined.

In "Xplam for Sale!", a curious sidewalk vendor offers a strange bargain: for just twenty-five cents, he’ll hand over something utterly intangible. When a skeptical onlooker takes the bait and wishes for a five-course meal—only to have it materialize out of thin air—the man scrambles to track down the salesman, now vanished without a trace.

In "The Deep Freeze," a man’s routine grocery trip takes a chilling turn when he discovers a frozen man inside an ice cake he’s just bought. Urged by dread, he tracks down the warehouse where the cake was made, only to face the manager—whose true nature is revealed as the cold begins to melt.