I Classici Americani Fantascienza Horror #4

In "Ritorno," a group of space travelers arrives on a distant world their ancestors once called home—only to find that, despite half a million years, the planet remains trapped in an unending cycle of atomic conflict. The journey, meant to reconnect with a lost past, unfolds into a haunting encounter with a civilization unable to escape its own destructive history.

In "Uomo e Superuomo!", a young man obsessed with physical perfection stumbles upon his brother’s experimental machine, drawn by the promise of power. When he dares to expose himself to its mysterious rays, he gains superhuman strength—but the cost of that power may be more than he can bear.

In "Dividi E Conquista," a scientist's growing paranoia spirals into something grotesquely literal when he discovers his wife plans to kill him—leading him to inject her with a radical experimental solution. The result is a terrifying transformation: she splits into countless miniature duplicates, each a frantic, shrinking echo of her former self. As the numbers swell beyond control, he begins to crush them underfoot, turning his own home into a grim battlefield of tiny, screaming forms.

In "La Fuga," a man stranded aboard a dying spacecraft makes a desperate choice that leaves his companions behind as he takes control of their means of escape. His journey to Earth ends not in salvation, but in a final, unexpected confrontation with a farmer who sees him as a threat.

In "Semi Di Giove!", a mysterious meteor from Venus crashes onto an aircraft carrier, unleashing strange seeds that awaken when wet. When one of the seeds sprouts, it transforms into an octopus-like creature that swells in size with every splash of water—sparking panic as it grows beyond control. Now, with the creature on the move and New York City in its path, the city braces for a monstrous threat from an alien origin.

In "Il Planetoide!", a crew of space explorers lands on a mysterious, insect-sized planetoid, only to be overwhelmed by tiny, stinging creatures and swarms of flying objects that attack without warning. As they flee in terror, the true, shocking nature of their discovery begins to unravel—revealing a world far more familiar than they ever imagined.