Journey into Mystery #65

In "I Am the Brute That Walks!" from Journey into Mystery #65 (1961), a man desperate to overcome his insecurities turns to science, only to awaken a monstrous form he can't control. As the serum’s effects spiral out of hand, he becomes a terror to the city—until the madness fades, leaving him to claim credit for the monster’s demise and erase all traces of his experiment.

In "Fear in the Night," a man and a robot face peril in the dark, each believing the other to be the only one capable of survival—until a shocking revelation upends everything. The story unfolds with quiet tension, turning a moment of sacrifice into a twist that redefines identity and trust.

In "Kragoo!", a stranded alien soldier with super strength and the power to possess victims is sent to Earth to hypnotize its people—but when he mistakenly takes control of a statue, he becomes trapped, his plan stalled before it can begin. The story unfolds with a quiet, eerie tension as the alien’s desperate attempts to reclaim a host collide with the stillness of the world around him.