Five-Score Comic Monthly #74

In "The Man with the Head of Saturn!", scientist Bill Smathers finds himself inexplicably fused with a glowing orb of Saturn, whisking him and his colleagues across space to the planet itself—where they’re drawn into a desperate interplanetary conflict far beyond human understanding. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this 1964 science fiction tale blends cosmic wonder with sudden peril in a story that dares to ask: what happens when the universe chooses you?

In "A Medal for 'Go-Buggy 3'!", a war criminal altered by mysterious science masquerades as the lost astronaut Scott Reed after his rescue, using the guise to infiltrate the United States and sow chaos. The story unfolds with a tense, eerie twist on the hero’s return, as the line between savior and imposter blurs in a tale of deception and Cold War-era paranoia.

In "When Dead Men Walk!", three friends meet a tragic end in a plane crash, only to return as spectral figures haunting the living. The Phantom Stranger steps in to unravel the mystery, revealing that the eerie appearances are no supernatural phenomenon—but a cunning ruse by a guilty embezzler trying to conceal his crimes.

In the quiet streets of a mid-20th-century city, a group of alien survivors from a crashed spaceship quietly protect the people they've come to call home—until a cunning criminal uncovers their secret and turns their kindness into leverage. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by the artist behind the series’ distinctive sci-fi flair, this 1964 tale blends suspense and moral tension in just eight pages.

In "How Can Time Be Stopped?", the Rovers face a terrifying threat from lizard aliens wielding a time-weapon that’s already altered their own lives—Homer aged to old age, Karel reduced to a teenager. With time itself unraveling, the team must unravel the mystery of the weapon before the invaders’ plan unfolds.

In "Lost--100,000 Years!" from Five-Score Comic Monthly #74, two agents of the Galactic Time Patrol race against time to stop Alan Parker from unleashing his solar engine on September 28, 1963—a moment that could plunge humanity into a Second Age of Barbarism. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, the story unfolds with urgent precision, blending Cold War-era sci-fi dread with the high stakes of temporal intervention.