Secrets of the Unknown #237

In "The Astronaut and the Pirates," a stranded space pilot named Colonel Nelson becomes the unlikely prize of a jungle-bound pirate crew after his capsule crash-lands near Bengala. With the help of the Wambesi chief and the mysterious Phantom, a daring underwater mission unfolds to rescue him before the ransom demand turns deadly.

In "Follow the Leader," a team of space explorers stumbles upon a planet where alien creatures seem to be led by a massive, seemingly organic beast—until their panic leads them to destroy it, only to realize too late that the creature was a robot maintaining order among the animals. The story unfolds with tense, escalating dread as the explorers scramble to survive the chaos they’ve unleashed.

In "Flash Gordon and the Space Pirates [Part 3]," Flash and Patch crash-land on an alien world after a meteor strike, only to face eerie hypnotic globes and a monstrous predator—surviving through quick thinking and a trusty ray gun before launching back into the void.

In the heart of the jungle, the U.N.-commissioned Phantom steps in to stop the tyrannical Bababu, who seized power from the rightful leader, Dr. Luaga. When the tribal chiefs demand trial by combat, the unlikely matchup pits the scholarly Luaga against the feared warrior—though only they know the truth about Luaga’s hidden skill in judo.