From Beyond the Unknown #6

In "The Amazing Human Race!" from *From Beyond the Unknown* #6 (1970), physicist John Adair pushes the limits of his mind-reading machine, testing it on animals from dogs to cats—until he turns to a praying mantis. What he sees on the screen shocks him: a hidden, coordinated plan by insects to take over humanity.

In "The Runaway Space-Train!", human tourists aboard a cosmic commuter train find themselves stranded on the alien world of Almoran, where they must adapt to its strange ways—while Almoran visitors, disguised as Earthlings, face their own trials on a planet far from home. As each group navigates the unexpected twists of the other’s reality, they must outwit both earthly bandits and interstellar hijackers, all while uncovering what it truly means to be a stranger in a strange land.

In "The Magic Lamp from Space!" from *From Beyond the Unknown* #6 (1970), Jon Harper, a pilot with the Space Explorers, makes an emergency landing on a mysterious planet to fix his ship—only to face an eerie, intelligent green cloud that drains the life from everything it touches. The story unfolds as Jon must survive not just the planet’s dangers, but the unsettling presence of a force that defies all known science.