Secrets of the Unknown #126
In "Wash-Out!", Arthur Mellon’s experiment with a revolutionary cigarette filter takes a strange turn when he starts experiencing odd coincidences—unexplained news headlines, sudden stock market gains, and missing newspapers. As his life spirals into a series of impossible events, the line between chance and something far more mysterious begins to blur. Penciled and inked by Ogden Whitney, this 1971 Alan Class classic features a cover by John Romita, capturing the eerie intrigue of a man caught in a web of fate he can’t quite understand.
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Arthur Mellon is trying to perfect the perfect cigarette filter. He applies his latest solution to some filters and then smokes 5 to test. He leaves for home feeling dizzy. He buys his usual newspaper and reads about an assassination and an oil company making a rapid rise on the stock market. The next morning he hears about the assassination but can't find the newspaper. Susan tells him he didn't bring one home. The newspaper vendor says he was off sick so couldn't have sold him the newspaper. Arthur buys shares in the oil company with all his savings and makes over $200,000 from $2083.
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