Journey into Mystery #80

In "Won't You Step into My Parlor...???", Herr Krumhausen concocts an elaborate illusion to trick a rival into thinking he's been reduced to miniature size—only to find himself trapped in the very deception he designed. With a mix of cunning and creeping dread, the story unfolds in a single, eerie chamber where perception and reality blur.

In "Propaganda," low-level communist worker Boris Grozny is sent to an African nation with a dangerous mission: incite unrest to save himself from exile in Siberia. But when he tries to manipulate the local people, he unwittingly awakens ancient forces that have no patience for foreign interference.

Jo spends a night in a haunted house, braving the rumors and the dark with nothing but courage and a flashlight. What he finds instead of spirits is something far stranger—something that makes him see the house, and the town, in a new light.