Mister Mystery #8

In "Rat-Trap," a desperate prisoner in a 1952 jail cell discovers a chilling pattern: feeding the rat that visits him causes the cell bars to slowly widen. As the rat grows fatter, so does his hope of escape—until one day, with no food offered, the roles reverse in a terrifying twist.

In "The Man with the Green Thumb," Dr. Dana’s experimental formula transforms him into something unnatural—plant-like, resilient, and eerily alive. When mobster Tony Drago, driven by greed, attempts to steal the secret, his ambition leads him straight into a fate as twisted as the science he sought to exploit.

In "The Cycle!", a single pearl sets off a chain of violence and greed, tracing a deadly path from the ocean floor to a crowded bar and back again. As each new owner meets a grim fate, the pearl’s journey becomes a relentless loop of betrayal and fate—where no one can truly keep what they steal.

In "Sarcophagus of Sandola!", Robert Morgan stumbles through a desert storm and seeks shelter in a forgotten cave, where he’s saved from a snake by a mysterious woman named Sandola. As he follows her back to the city, she vanishes without a trace, leaving Morgan to wonder if he’s encountered the ghost of an ancient queen long dead.