Sinister Tales #35

In "The Terrible Traps of Egghead!", the cunning villain sets a devious scheme to capture the Wasp, hoping to turn her against Ant-Man. With a mix of clever traps and high-stakes antics, the duo must outwit Egghead’s latest plot—though the mastermind still slips away.

When Satan complains that fewer souls are crossing over each year, he stakes his pride on claiming one—specifically, Herbie. Tired of his dad’s struggles, Herbie agrees to a deal, signing away his afterlife with surprisingly little hesitation. Now, with a contract in hand and a ticket to Hades, the devil’s realm is about to get a whole lot more interesting.

In "The Absent-Minded Professor!" from Sinister Tales #35, a college professor haunted by a nagging certainty that life exists beyond Earth finds himself whisked away by aliens—only to discover the truth behind his own strange conviction. When the alien captain admits he sent a spy to Earth years ago and never heard back, the professor suddenly remembers: he was that spy.

When anthropology professor Homer Addison stumbles upon the elusive Salori tribe, he’s forced to confront the limits of academic disbelief—leading him to abandon his lectures on their myths, not because they’re untrue, but because the truth might be too hard to swallow.

When a struggling film crew sets out to dramatize the forgotten tale of sorcerer Wilhelm Brandt—wronged after saving a village from a werewolf plague—they unwittingly cast an actor who may be his very reincarnation. As the lines between past and present blur on set, the story begins to take on a life of its own.