Secrets of the Unknown #231

In "They Pass by Night!", a tense nighttime scene unfolds as a car speeds down a desolate road, narrowly avoiding a looming bus—only for the final panel to reveal the shocking truth: the bus isn't on Earth at all, but hurtling along Mercury’s surface, making the near-collision a surreal illusion of scale and perspective.

In "The Black Beard!", a fugitive on the run from the law finds himself caught in a mind-bending mystery when he sees his future self—a man with a black beard—leading the woman he loves away from him. After a desperate escape in a test plane, Mac returns to the same diner, only to be arrested again, realizing too late that time itself has twisted around him.

In "The Totem!", Clark’s expedition stumbles upon an Inuit man guarding a golden totem pole, but when they seize it, they wake to find themselves shrunk and the pole vanished. As they race back to reclaim it, the same eerie transformation strikes again—each time, one of Clark’s men abandons him until only he remains, ultimately becoming a face carved into the totem by alien allies of the Inuit man.

In "Power!", a young man named Ronnie finds his quiet life upended when mysterious sorcerers confront him, revealing that his family’s heirloom divining rod is, in truth, a powerful magic wand long sought by their order. When they demand its return, Ronnie must decide what to do with a legacy he never asked for—and the choice he makes could change everything.

In "The One Who Watches!", a mysterious creature surfaces only for an elderly man to see—before vanishing before anyone else can glimpse it. When the famed scientist Ivan Von Gent arrives in the town, he takes up the strange burden of uncovering the truth behind the visions. After devising a way to see the creature himself, he finally witnesses it, but the moment is fleeting. Now, with Von Gent standing watch, the old man can finally find peace—knowing someone else bears the weight of what lies beneath.

In "When the Yogi Speaks!", a young man named Mitch and his gang enlist the help of the mysterious Punjor, a traveling yogi, to learn his magical tricks—hoping to use them to outwit the police and vanish without a trace. Punjor agrees, but only teaches them how to cast the spells, leaving out the crucial part: how to undo them.

In "The Strange Seed!", a young scientist’s reckless experiment goes horribly wrong when he injures a peculiar plant—only to watch as the flora awakens, turning against him and merging with a wound on his arm, turning it a strange, unnatural green. The line between gardener and garden begins to blur as the living plants grow more aggressive, leaving him trapped in a nightmare of roots and revenge.