Fear #3

In "Zzutak the Thing That Shouldn't Exist!!," a struggling artist is thrust into a nightmare when he’s given enchanted paints that bring his creations to life. Forced to journey to Mexico and obey the commands of an Aztec priest, he must paint a monstrous entity—only to find his own will may be the only thing that can stop it.

In "I Must Find Korumbu!", a desperate man desperate to shed pounds without giving up his love of food seeks out the mysterious gypsy Korumbu for a magical cure. After a tense standoff, Korumbu relents and gives him a potion that works all too well—turning his wish into a nightmare of endless, uncontrollable weight loss. Now haunted by his own hunger and the fading memory of the gypsy camp, he spends his days in a frantic, never-ending search for the one who gave him the cure he can’t escape.

In "The Man Who Hated Monstro!", a jealous circus star schemes to eliminate the beloved gorilla Monstro, whose fame threatens his own spotlight. When the acrobat sets a trap to have Monstro shot, the gorilla’s final act of strength leads to a shocking moment on the trapeze—where revenge hangs in the air.

In "The Gentle Old Man!" from Fear #3 (1971), a greedy landlord finds himself trapped in a chilling encounter with a time traveler who collects miniaturized people from across history—soulless figures preserved like dolls. The story unfolds with eerie precision, revealing a man whose cruelty has drawn the attention of a collector from beyond time.

In "Journey Into Nowhere!" from Fear #3 (1971), two scientists test their time machine with conflicting beliefs about the future—only to find themselves in a world that looks like the stone age, convinced they’ve proven time travel forward impossible. The story unfolds with quiet dread as their experiment leads them into a landscape that feels ancient, yet holds echoes of a civilization long gone.

In a tense five-page tale from 1971’s Fear #3, an isolated astronaut orbits Earth in a fragile sphere, cut off from contact—until he sees a monstrous presence clawing at the hull. His frantic pleas for rescue are dismissed as panic, but when ground control finds a broken claw embedded in the craft, they realize the terror was real.

In "Save Me! Save Me!" from Fear #3 (1971), a desperate scientist pushes the limits of his own mind and body, mastering the impossible—walking on water to steal classified military secrets. But when he returns to dry land, he discovers a terrifying new truth: he can no longer stand on solid ground.

In "The Lifeless Man!" from Fear #3 (1971), a boy’s devotion to an old wooden toy soldier is tested when his friends mock it—until the soldier seems to come alive in a moment of danger, warding off a bear with its rifle. The story’s quiet magic lies in that sudden shift, where a forgotten plaything becomes something more, leaving the boy and his friends changed in ways they can’t explain.

In "I Dared to Battle... Rorgg King of the Spider Men!!", a boy in a remote New Mexico town finds himself the last hope when a monstrous, spider-like alien descends upon his hometown. Armed only with the wild tales from his favorite science-fiction comics and a can of DDT, he discovers that imagination might be the most powerful weapon of all.