Sinister Tales #45
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Ivory Curse!", newly added crew member Peters finds himself unexpectedly in the thick of an interstellar encounter when the Starlight stumbles upon a Martian vessel. His quick wit and knack for jokes—initially seen as a nuisance—unexpectedly become the key to peaceful first contact, as the Martians take his humor as a sign of trustworthiness. A lighthearted moment with serious implications, this story features art by Dave Berg and a cover by Ogden Whitney, capturing the whimsical tone of a 1/- comic from the Alan Class era.
In "The Face in the Glass!" from Sinister Tales #45, newly added crewmember Jo finds himself out of place aboard the Starlight, his lightheartedness clashing with the tense atmosphere—until a tense first contact with a Martian vessel turns on a single joke. With quick wit and a surprising knack for defusing tension, Jo unexpectedly becomes the bridge between humans and Martians, proving that humor might just be the universal language.
Magicman, the immortal son of the wizard Cagliostro, takes on a new identity in the present day as PFC Tom Cargill, serving in the Vietnam War. While fighting as a soldier, he secretly wields his inherited magic, becoming the masked hero known as Magicman.
In "Mind over Matter," a man learns Yogi-style techniques to vanish objects—only to find his friend’s radical skepticism about reality takes the trick to a terrifying extreme. When Cartesian doubt takes hold, the line between illusion and disappearance blurs, leaving both men caught in a moment that defies explanation.
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