Marvel Tales #153

In "They Prowl on Earth!" from Marvel Tales #153 (1956), a Texas oilman thinks he’s gained telepathy after intercepting alien transmissions—only to stow away on a Mercury-bound ship, unaware it’s already returned home. When he wakes up on a strange world, he tries to rally Earth’s people against the invaders, only to realize too late that he’s not on Earth at all.

In "No One Can See Me!" from Marvel Tales #153 (1956), Jo, a professor’s assistant, stumbles into a deadly misunderstanding after spilling a mysterious invisibility potion on himself. Believing he’s truly invisible after his buddies ignore his frantic news of the professor’s supposed death, he races back to the lab—unaware they were just punishing him for bad behavior and that the potion was never real.

In "It Can't Be Done!" from Marvel Tales #153, a scientist travels back to 1756 to prevent a gunsmith from perfecting his "ultimate weapon," armed only with a modern handgun and a desperate hope. When his poor combat skills leave him overwhelmed, he drops the gun in panic and activates his time machine—unaware he's just handed history the very weapon he sought to stop.

In "The Last Man Alive!" from Marvel Tales #153 (1956), Freddy Kruger—disenchanted with life on a distant space colony—forges a tale of a deadly plague and uses the colony’s matter transporter to return to Earth, sabotaging the device behind him to ensure he’ll age before any rescue can come. But upon arrival, he’s immediately quarantined, leaving him stranded in a world he thought he’d escaped to.

In "Scare at Sea!" from Marvel Tales #153 (1956), a group of Chinese communists deploy a submarine disguised as a sea serpent to drive fisherman from their waters, but their deception draws the attention of something far older and more dangerous lurking beneath the surface—something that doesn’t care for tricks, only the deep.

In "Saucer in the Sky!" from Marvel Tales #153 (1956), a Mercurian infiltrates a human newspaper staff with a devious plan: stage fake alien landings to lull Earth into complacency. But when his own superiors on Mercury doubt that Earth even has inhabitants, his scheme begins to unravel in ways he never expected.