Mystery Tales #33

In "They Melt at Night!" from Mystery Tales #33 (1955), a disillusioned scientist creates a corrosive capable of melting cars, only to reconsider his path when he sees a dollar bill dissolve—prompting a moral reckoning. Faced with the terrifying potential of his invention in the wrong hands, he chooses to destroy his work and redirect his genius toward helping humanity.

In a quiet moment spanning decades, a man’s childhood lie about breaking a vase lingers in silence—until his wife, decades later, reaches into a forgotten sack and pulls out a miraculously restored piece of the past. A simple act of guilt, preserved through time, becomes something far stranger than memory.

In "The Voices!" from Mystery Tales #33 (1955), three men set out to prank an old man by feeding him fake radio signals they claim are from aliens—only to find their joke turns unsettling when their transmission is abruptly blocked. When they break down his door, the old man is gone, leaving behind only a single, chilling note: "They have come for me at last!"