Race for the Moon #22

In "Queen of Uranus," Gwendolyn Purdy, a science teacher overlooked by her students and principal, finds her quiet life upended when her tektite collection begins to glow. Alien emissaries from Uranus arrive, claiming their leader, Kryptos, has chosen her as a bride—though he’s horrified by her Earthly appearance. As Gwendolyn contemplates a transformation, a quiet moment with her student Cannon hints at a different kind of connection.

In "Through the Wall!" from Race for the Moon #22 (1965), Ed Farraday’s quiet life in the old Farraday Mansion takes a strange turn after a dream of walking through a wall and into a blinding light. When the dream repeats, he begins to wonder if there’s more to it than his doctor’s explanation—especially when he discovers a hidden panel in the wall. What lies beyond it? The answer, waiting in a chamber bathed in light, changes everything.

In "The Boy Who Was Psychic," young Stanley Onslow’s uncanny ability to foresee events begins on his fourth birthday, when he accurately predicts his aunt’s arrival with a summer sled. As the years pass, his quiet warnings—about a heart attack, a national tragedy, and a flag lowered in mourning—leave his family stunned, wondering how a child could know what hasn’t happened yet.

In "Up in Smoke!" from Race for the Moon #22 (1965), Arthur Mellon’s experiment with a revolutionary cigarette filter takes a strange turn when he starts noticing odd coincidences—news of an assassination, a sudden stock market surge, and a missing newspaper. As he follows the trail of his newfound luck, he finds himself entangled in a chain of events that defies logic, all while trying to understand the strange effects of his latest invention.

In "Interplanetary Space-Feud!" from Race for the Moon #22 (1965), rural college graduate Rhett Shaw returns home only to be challenged by Whit Carter to settle a long-standing family feud. When the confrontation escalates beyond Earth, a pair of alien warriors descend, using planetary forces to duel—forcing the villagers to take shelter in a cave while Shaw, through telepathy, learns of their 127 prior victories. As the battle unfolds, Shaw uncovers a surprising weakness in their weapons and finds himself at the center of an interplanetary conflict that’s far from over.

In "The 13th Juror!" from *Race for the Moon* #22 (1965), accused murderer Chalmers stands trial for the murder of Sir Alfred Haines, a man whose will he stood to inherit. As the jury prepares to deliver a guilty verdict, a shadowy figure emerges and hypnotizes them into declaring Chalmers not guilty—leaving the judge furious but powerless. When the jurors later recover and recount the strange event, a sketch leads the judge to a shocking realization: the mysterious man was Sir Alfred himself.

In "The Hunter's Prey!" from Race for the Moon #22 (1965), Max Prine—once proud of capturing wild animals for zoos and circuses—finds his life upended when he witnesses his wife Lana being abducted by aliens. Trapped and imprisoned, he learns the aliens are gathering creatures from Earth, including them, for transport to their home world. With Lana at his side, Max must outwit his captors in a desperate flight up a rugged hill, turning the hunter into the hunted.

In "What's the Answer?" from *Race for the Moon* #22 (1965), Lt. Don Allison wakes in a rubber boat after a plane crash, only to be rescued by a destroyer—yet he’s certain he was just treated on the Hospital Ship Dakota, which was torpedoed two months prior. The doctor and nurse who tended to him are real, and the bandages on his body prove he received expert care, but the timeline defies logic. As the Commander listens, the mystery deepens: how could Allison have been on a ship that’s been gone for weeks?

In "No Place to Hide!" from *Race for the Moon* #22 (1965), Charles Weldon, long overlooked and underpaid, finally takes matters into his own hands—only to find every escape from his office, his town, and even his fate blocked by an inexplicable mist. As he tries to flee with the money from Ferris’s safe, the world seems to fold in on itself, looping him back to the very place he’s trying to leave. When Ferris returns, the truth begins to unravel in ways neither man expected.

In "The Stranger," a mysterious man rents a secluded cottage and uses alchemy to summon otherworldly creatures who promise extraordinary gifts. When the townspeople uncover his true identity as Martin J. Colby, the escaped mental patient, their fear turns to action—but the mystery of his arrival and the wonders he’s unveiled remain unsettled.

In "The Message," Earth's brilliant scientist Jorgg Wendt is driven by mysterious voices to build a machine he doesn’t understand—until a voice named Gyrok reveals the truth: the device is meant as a defense system, but one that must not be built alone. Though reassured, Wendt completes the machine, unaware it’s actually a transporter that brings Gyrok and his people to Earth.