Race for the Moon #15

In "The Test of Character," Horace Whickle, a quiet bookkeeper with two decades of routine behind him, is summoned to his boss Dunston’s office with a late-night task. When a mysterious Vision appears to him at home, it offers him the power to shape the world—leading Horace down a path of escalating influence, from corporate takeover to global dominion. But just as he claims the title of Emperor of the World, the dream dissolves with the sound of an alarm clock, returning him to his ordinary morning.

In "Lighthouse of Space!" from *Race for the Moon* #15 (1964), the peaceful Kull use drifting lighthouses to mark dangerous anti-matter blotches in space—until one drifts into Earth’s solar system. When two Earthmen investigate, they’re captured by the Zarran, the Kull’s enemies, who plan to weaponize the lighthouse by turning its radiation against the Kull. With the help of the Earthmen, the Zarran attempt to master the deadly energy, leading to a tense alliance and a revelation that could change what humanity knows about the cosmos.

In "The Strange Ones!" from *Race for the Moon* #15 (1964), Glenn Parker’s drive home takes a bizarre turn when two mysterious lights cause him to crash—only to later reveal they’re determined to keep him alive. As his obsession with building an otherworldly machine grows, his friend Olga grows alarmed, leading to a hypnotic revelation that uncovers a chilling truth: the lights are aliens preparing to invade Earth. The story unfolds with quiet dread, building to a tense confrontation where the truth is exposed—and the fate of the planet hangs in the balance.

In "Dr. Martin's Marvelous Museum," Eddy, a quiet neighbor of Brenda’s, finds himself drawn into a surreal adventure when the two, along with her new boyfriend Jeff, are invited to the eccentric Dr. Martin’s private museum. As the trio explores the museum’s time-hopping exhibits, Eddy is secretly challenged to retrieve the legendary Georgio tiara, forcing him to confront his own doubts across centuries of strange and perilous realms. With courage tested and old rivalries reignited, Eddy must prove himself—not just to Brenda, but to himself.

In "The Intruders," Marsh and his crew scramble to evacuate the moon dome as a new attack looms, but Loomis insists on fighting rather than fleeing. When the assault begins and the dome breaches, spilling precious oxygen into the vacuum, the two men are forced into a desperate race to survive—only to discover the moon-men aren’t aliens, but humans who’ve adapted to live without air.

In "Flight," Willie, once a misfit under Mr. Winkler’s strict eye, finds himself stranded on a remote island after a shipwreck, only to be drawn into a cruel system of control on a sugar plantation run by Victor and Laura. As he rises to power, the weight of his choices begins to pull him toward a reckoning he can’t ignore. When Juan escapes to expose the truth, Willie faces a turning point that forces him to reconsider everything he’s become.

In "The Valley of Forever!" from Race for the Moon #15 (1964), explorers Evans and Williams stumble upon a hidden valley in the Arctic, only to be swept into a mysterious city where they meet Philip Kent. Kent offers them eternal happiness—five hundred years of life if they stay, but Evans, skeptical and restless, refuses and tries to escape, unaware Kent has been searching for this place for 150 years.