Fantastic Tales #4
In "The Old and the New!", Dick and Millie Boyce stumble upon a bizarre New Year's party in 1957—years before the year even arrives—only to witness a plane crash into the house moments later. When they return with help, the wreckage vanishes, leaving no trace. Years on, they find themselves back at the same house for another New Year's celebration, facing the same impossible event again. Art by Ogden Whitney, whose distinctive style brings the eerie time-loop mystery to life.
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In May 1953, Dick and Millie Boyce stumble onto a house hosting a strange New Year's party celebrating the arrival of 1957. After they leave, the house is struck by a plane. They run to the nearest home to report the incident, but when they return there is no evidence of the crash. Years later they are going to a New Year's party at the same house! They get all the people out before the plane, again, crashes into it.
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