Dæmonen #17

In "De kaldte ham...Oksen!", the brute known as the Ox is lured into a daring escape by his cunning cellmate, Dr. Karl Stragg, who promises to make him smarter. But when Stragg swaps bodies with the Ox, the real test begins—can the new, smarter Ox be stopped before he turns his intellect to chaos?

In "Fange i skrækkens borg!", a desperate man pitches a wild tale to Stan Lee about a blackmailer imprisoned in a mystical ruby, forced to guide souls after death—a story too bizarre even for Tales of Suspense. Rejected and walking away, he murmurs that his secret is safe, then vanishes in a blink, leaving only silence behind.

In "Fata morgana... eller..?", a doctor fleeing bandits after curing a local sheikh stumbles into a desert mirage that leads him to a hidden, seemingly perfect world—accessible only to the worthy. As the bandits pursue him through the shifting sands, the mirage becomes a test of survival and morality, with no clear path back to the real world.