Secrets of the Unknown #203

In the year 2534, a lone survivor from a destroyed civilization is rescued by a human expedition to Uranus—only to return to Earth and find it already under siege by the same alien invaders who wiped out his people.

In "The Warning!", a scientist’s experiment with the legendary Midas serum takes an unexpected turn when he tests it on his dog—turning everything the animal touches to gold. When the dog’s newfound power is used to help others, greed soon finds a way in, leading to a tense confrontation that ends in a shocking transformation. The story’s simple yet striking premise delivers a timeless moral, rendered with quiet power in just four pages.

In "Mystery in Midville," a cunning thief stumbles upon a strange city where kindness is the norm, and everyone goes out of their way to help strangers. Taken in by a quiet man who warns him not to touch a mysterious box—saying it took him fifty years to fill it—the thief can’t resist the temptation. When he finally opens it, he unleashes something far beyond his imagining.

Jerry Marks comes back from the jungle with a mysterious idol, convinced it’s brought him luck—until his friend drops a shocking truth: the idol was just an umbrella handle all along. In this gripping six-page drama, the line between belief and deception blurs as one man’s fate hangs on a secret he never saw coming.