Five-Score Comic Monthly #19

In "Fishermen from the Sea!", David and Helen Palmer find themselves in a desperate fight for survival when they're taken by alien fishermen from the deep—creatures who breathe underwater and plan to flood the Earth. With the tide of terror rising, a sudden atomic bomb test throws their captors into disarray, but the real danger may only be beginning.

In "I Fought for Two Planets," the Sarge finds himself stranded in an Antarctic crevasse—until a pair of little green men from Pluto pull him out, offering help in exchange for a bit of uranium to fix their ship. When his unit is later ordered to hunt down aliens raiding uranium stores, the Sarge must grapple with the truth behind the mission, knowing the real visitors were just trying to get home.

Paul Drake, a gifted violinist trapped in the shadow of mediocrity, dreams of respect—until he stumbles upon the legend of the cursed violin of Lajos. Drawn by the promise of greatness, he takes up the instrument, unaware that some melodies are meant to be left unsung.

In "They Called Me a Martian!" from Five-Score Comic Monthly #19 (1959), Jay Drews, the Man of 1000 Faces, trades his stage persona for something far stranger after buying a bizarre Martian costume from a mysterious stranger. Once he puts it on, the suit refuses to come off—and it seems to have a will of its own.

In "The Cosmic Plant!" from Five-Score Comic Monthly #19 (1959), a city street splits open as an otherworldly plant erupts from the pavement, driven by an insatiable need to drink. As officials try to stop it by poisoning its water source, the plant surprises them—growing more cunning, learning to filter out the poison and spreading even faster.

In "The Man Who Changed History!" from Five-Score Comic Monthly #19 (1959), a self-assured general claims he could have altered the outcome of history’s greatest battles—until a mysterious magician offers him a chance to prove it, whisking him back to the past to test his bold theories.

In "The Secret of the Bronze Man," jungle explorer Jo stumbles upon a mysterious spring whose waters grant him the power to turn his skin to bronze—temporarily, but with unpredictable risks. Back in the city, he takes up a vigilante role, only to find himself hunted by thieves eager to steal his secret, while his doctor warns that the transformation might become permanent.

In "The Space Musketeers," three unlikely heroes—Lark, Odar, and Gel—put their extraordinary abilities to the test on a distant world. With Gel’s power to ride the winds, Odar’s heat generation, and Lark’s super-strength, they race against time and rival thieves to recover a dangerous invention before it falls into the wrong hands.

In "The Creatures from the Space Globe," Jo stumbles upon a mysterious replica of the lost planet Krx in a Venusian curio shop, only to find it awakens deadly beings when brought to Earth. After the creatures vanish back into the globe, Jo takes it to Mercury, where they return to life—this time in greater numbers—revealing the globe is no model, but the planet itself, still incomplete after a failed attempt to shrink it.