House of Mystery #105

In "The Man Who Breathed Doom," a curious farmer stumbles upon a space capsule and, tempted by a strange fruit inside, takes a bite—only to discover his breath now carries a deadly gas. As he struggles to understand his new power, he unknowingly becomes humanity’s last defense against a far more dangerous threat from beyond the stars.

In "The Giants from the Lamp," eccentric inventor Merton Deek finds his tiny robot creations transformed into towering giants when exposed to the strange light of a mysterious lantern—setting off a chain of events that draws the attention of thieves eager to claim the colossal machines for themselves. The story unfolds with a quiet curiosity that gives way to escalating tension, all centered around the unexpected power of a forgotten artifact.