Fantasy Masterpieces #8

In a fiery clash of wills, the Human Torch confronts the Sub-Mariner after a failed capture attempt leaves him disgraced, with Betty by his side as tensions boil over. When the battle erupts, the outcome is far from certain—only that the Torch is trapped in an airless glass tube, at Namor’s mercy.

In "I Saw Droom the Living Lizard!" from Fantasy Masterpieces #8 (1967), a scientist’s attempt to end world hunger with a growth serum takes a bizarre turn when a tiny exotic lizard is accidentally doused in the formula. The creature swells to monstrous size, terrorizing the countryside before being blasted into space—where it drifts, frozen, for eons, eventually returning to Earth as the first dinosaur.

In "The Man in the Beehive!" from Fantasy Masterpieces #8 (1967), a reclusive beekeeper shares a strange secret with a fleeing thief—his unsettling connection to the hive and a power that bends reality. When the thief is suddenly shrunk and confronted by bees that tower over him, the line between madness and science blurs, leaving him questioning what truly happened.

In "Call Her... Medusa!" from Fantasy Masterpieces #8 (1967), a gorgon alien sent to scout Earth for an impending invasion finds her powers useless—her first human targets are blind, unaware of her petrifying gaze. With her mission in jeopardy and her species' plans hanging in the balance, she must navigate a world where her greatest weapon is her greatest flaw.

In "Death Plays the Scales!!" from Fantasy Masterpieces #8 (1967), Cap faces a chilling threat as a seemingly ordinary employment agency masks a sinister plot to infiltrate the homes of anti-Nazi senators—each with a deadly assassin poised to strike. With the fate of democracy hanging in the balance, Cap must unravel the deception before the next appointment becomes a murder.