Secrets of the Unknown #173
In "The 25th Hour!", Arthur Mellon’s experiment with a revolutionary cigarette filter takes a strange turn when he begins experiencing vivid premonitions—first of an assassination, then of a sudden stock market surge. As reality blurs and his predictions come true, Arthur finds himself caught in a chain of events he can’t explain, all triggered by a single, seemingly ordinary smoke. With art by Ogden Whitney on both interior and cover, this 1977 Alan Class issue delivers a mind-bending mystery wrapped in a pocket-sized thriller.
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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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