Astounding Stories #195

In "Menace from the Moon," Noman and Dynamo are sent to investigate a series of mysterious attacks on Earth's observatories, leading them to a hidden military base on the moon. There, Noman uncovers a secret civilization thriving on the moon's dark side—ones who have long kept their existence hidden from humanity.

In "There Is a Brain Behind the Fangs!", a man’s paranoid belief that dogs are plotting global domination takes a bizarre turn when his friend attempts to prove him wrong by hypnotizing a dog—only to discover the animal can’t grasp complex questions. What neither man realizes is that the dog’s apparent simplicity is a carefully staged illusion, orchestrated by a far more cunning mind: the cat who’s been pulling the strings all along.

In "Back to the Stone Age," Thunder’s ill-fated decision to cage Demo alongside Dr. Sparta sets off a chain of chaos when the duo escapes with help from Sparta’s loyal minion, Wilbur. With Demo’s prehistoric warriors and Sparta’s dinosaurs on the move, Dynamo faces a primal threat unlike any he’s encountered before.

In "Tornado," a man finds himself inexplicably tied to a storm that moves with eerie precision—until an alien experiment reveals the storm was never natural, but a tool to observe him. When the study ends, the man’s fate is sealed, leaving behind a mystery as unsettling as the sky itself.

In "Dynamo Meets the Amazing Andor," a surface hero faces a terrifying mirror when he confronts Andor, a child of the underground raised as a weapon. Once a captive of Lord Uru’s experiments, Andor breaks free from mind control to reclaim his identity—only to return to the depths with a vengeance.

In "Who Is the Ape Man?", a brutal strong-man terrorizes the circus animals until a masked challenger—revealed to be a gorilla in disguise—steps in to deliver justice. The truth behind the masked fighter, and the surprising identity of his trainer, unravels in a tale of deception and strength that leaves the ring forever changed.

Jo, a curious scientist, stumbles upon a mysterious jacket with a right pocket that never seems to end. Drawn in by the impossible depth, he begins testing its limits—inserting everything from trinkets to a desperate note—only to realize the pocket’s true purpose remains a mystery. When he finally sticks his head in, the pocket claims him completely, leaving behind a jacket with a bottom now neatly sewn shut.