Sinister Tales #83

In "Four Empty Chairs!", a quiet town is shaken when a man's family vanishes without a trace, leaving behind only four empty chairs. A mysterious stranger arrives, claiming the family is from another dimension and awaits a rare lightning strike to return home—then, as the sky splits open, both the stranger and the man vanish in a flash.

In "When They Wake Up!" from Sinister Tales #83, two cave explorers stumble upon a group of men in suspended animation, their advanced technology hinting at a lost civilization. The sleepers, claiming today’s world is corrupt, manipulate the explorers with lies—only to quietly drug them, ensuring they’ll join the long sleep until a new era awakens.

In "Masquerade Party," a glamorous socialite turns the tables on an old rival by hosting a lavish masquerade, only to find her plans unsettled by a chilling encounter with the rival’s husband—whose masked presence sends a shiver down her spine. The night grows darker as secrets and suspicion twist in the shadows, where nothing is as it seems.

Jo stumbles upon a mysterious book in a dusty used bookstore and unwittingly summons a genie who promises torment in return for a wish. With a single, desperate request, he tries to undo the moment he opened the book—only to find himself back at the shop, determined not to make the same mistake again.

When a Soviet scientist's atomic tests awaken the ancient dragon Grogg, the resulting chaos forces him to make a desperate choice—escape to the West, just as he'd secretly planned all along. The dragon’s sudden rampage turns a cold war experiment into a high-stakes flight, with the scientist’s own foresight proving as dangerous as the beast he unleashed.