Five-Score Comic Monthly #16

In "The Incredible Fireball Creatures!", two prospectors, Abel and Frank, find their rush to claim a cleveite mine interrupted by a sky full of flaming, humanoid orbs—strange, fiery beings that descend with no warning, turning their mining venture into a desperate fight for survival.

In "Lighthouse of Space!" from Five-Score Comic Monthly #16 (1959), the peaceful Kull use distant lighthouses to mark dangerous anti-matter blotches in space—until one drifts into Earth’s solar system. When two Earthmen investigate, they’re captured by the Zarran, the Kull’s enemies, who plan to weaponize the lighthouse’s radiation against their foes. The story unfolds as the Earthmen find themselves caught between two warring cultures, their fate tied to the mysterious device that could save or destroy.

In "We Found the Evolution Man," two anthropologists bring a caveman from the Amazonian jungle to the United States, only to watch in stunned disbelief as he evolves at an impossible pace—his mind sharpening, his form shifting, leaving humanity far behind. The story unfolds with quiet dread and wonder, tracing the unsettling transformation of a man who may not be human at all.

Jo finds herself stranded on a remote island after a shipwreck, only to discover she’s not alone—another survivor, a mysterious alien, has been marooned there too. With trust in short supply and survival at stake, the two must decide whether to fear each other or find a way to endure the unknown together.

In "Prisoner of the Sorcerer-Stone!" from Five-Score Comic Monthly #16 (1959), the desperate alchemist Rondell unleashes a cursed stone that grants any wish—yet each use twists its bearer toward darkness. As the line between power and corruption blurs, Rondell finds himself trapped by the very magic he sought to master.

In "Secret of the Time-Telescope!", criminal Chun Brun flees his home planet Uth for Earth, only to find himself pursued by the relentless detective Narr-Tem—whose claim that Earth is Uth’s distant past challenges everything Chun believes. As the two navigate the fragile timeline, Narr-Tem must prove that tampering with the past isn’t just dangerous—it could unravel reality itself.

In "The Man with the Double Destiny," Mr. Clyde finds himself caught in a deadly game when he refuses to guide the dangerous Verrill through the Peruvian jungle—only to learn too late that Verrill has bound their fates with a witch doctor’s curse, so that harm to one is harm to the other.