Midnight Mystery #5

A loyal railroad engineer and his inseparable dog find themselves at the center of a dangerous conspiracy when Jack Lewis discovers the new trestle over Wildcat Canyon has been built with deliberately inferior materials. When Jack threatens to expose the corruption, he faces a threat far deadlier than faulty construction—but his story may not end where tragedy strikes, as something supernatural unfolds in the rain-soaked canyon. Written by Shane O'Shea with art by Ogden Whitney, this supernatural tale blends mystery and heartbreak into an unforgettable yarn about loyalty that transcends the ordinary.

In "Unknown Journey!" from Midnight Mystery #5 (1961), high school friends Greg Baker and Stan Winters find themselves caught in a cosmic twist when alien beings whisk them back through time with Earth's fate at stake. With no warning and no choice, they must outwit their captors and fight to survive the journey home.

Martin and Swanson reach the unreachable peak of Shivaleri Mountain and stumble upon mysterious idols and a still-warm altar—but when they return with reinforcements to investigate, all evidence has vanished, leaving them unable to convince anyone of what they found. A frustratingly eerie tale that asks how the impossible could ever have happened at all.

In "The Wizard's Wand!" from Midnight Mystery #5 (1961), Egyptologists Pete Murray and Rod Emmons stumble upon a mysterious wand that promises power—but when they’re trapped by its magic, they must undo its effects to escape. As the wand’s influence fades, so too do their memories of it, leaving only the quiet mystery of what they once held.