Secrets of the Unknown #182

Sid Black wakes up with no memory, his face altered and a mind wiped clean—only to find himself trapped in a twisted fantasy where he must play the hero to save someone he can't remember. But when the stakes rise, his deepest secret erupts in a scream that betrays who he really is.

In "I Am the Menace from the Purple Planet!", a mysterious alien named Gxenu arrives on Earth with a message of peace, only to be met with fear and suspicion. When humans attempt to hold him captive, they discover the truth: the real Gxenu has already returned home, leaving behind only his Mark VIII robot.

When the clock strikes seven o’clock on the anniversary of a brutal pirate raid, Captain Enid finds herself haunted by the past—literally—as the spirits of those long lost rise to claim their due. A chilling tale of reckoning, where the sea remembers every crime.

Jacques-Pierre Duval, a Frenchman devoted to the study of gargoyles, finds his passion intertwined with wartime resistance. After being captured, he’s saved by a mysterious beast—only to return years later and notice unsettling bullet holes on the very statues he once admired.

When the enigmatic Spellbinder brings the blind, giant albino gorilla Monstro to America, his plan to control the creature through hypnosis unravels in terrifying fashion—especially when the beast's lack of sight renders the mind tricks useless. With Moko caught in the chaos, the line between master and monster begins to blur.

John takes shelter in a storm-lashed lighthouse on the coast, only to witness a spectral ship and phantom pirates materialize under the storm's fury. When morning comes, he finds a life preserver washed ashore—marked with the legend of the Flying Dutchman.

In "The Man Who Lived Twice!" from *Secrets of the Unknown* #182, scientist Bart Knox unleashes a teleportation device that erases memories—offering a convict a two-week escape from prison with a catch: he’ll forget everything. When the amnesiac con ends up robbing his own partner on the outside, the twist unfolds across time and space, leaving a trail of lost money and a mystery that only one man can solve.

Jason Gibbs, a space pilot in 2010, believes his looks are holding him back—until he seeks a Martian beauty serum, only to be horrified when it transforms him into a handsome Martian. With Professor Rectorus watching from the sidelines, Jason must confront the strange new face he now wears, and the consequences of his wish.