Journey into Mystery #72

In "The Glob," a struggling painter named Jo is hired to coat a mysterious statue with a strange, shimmering paint. When the statue comes to life at midnight and begins terrorizing the city, Jo must uncover the truth behind the alien agent before it's too late—using nothing but the very paint that brought it to life.

In "The Patient in Room 3D," a team of scientists pushes the limits of medical experimentation, only to find their hopes for a genius mind unfulfilled. When their patient—a monkey—remains unable to solve humanity’s greatest challenges, the doctors face a quiet reckoning, and the creature is finally allowed to return to its true nature.

In "Will This Be the End of the World?", a baseball player’s mitt becomes the unlikely refuge of a tiny civilization facing extinction as their world hurtles toward destruction—literally—on the path of a speeding pitch. The story unfolds with quiet dread and whimsical scale, as the fate of an entire society rests in the hands of a single, unsuspecting athlete.