Spellbound #14

In "The Saddest Story Ever Told!" from Spellbound #14 (1953), a desperate scientist recounts how his groundbreaking cure for baldness—claimed to "grow hair on a billiard ball"—left him ruined when it failed on men. Now sleeping rough in a park, he insists the formula works, not on people, but on inanimate objects, and with a quiet, startling gesture, produces a handful of billiard balls, each thickly covered in hair.

In "The Revolt of Wilbur Bixby!" from Spellbound #14 (1953), Jo and her husband Wilbur travel to Greece, where a mysterious fountain grants Wilbur a startling transformation—turning him into a centaur. Now able to graze on grass and live independently, Wilbur finds himself free from his wife’s constant demands, though the change brings its own unexpected challenges.

In "The Heat's On!" from Spellbound #14 (1953), a sea captain’s fleeting moment of peace on leave unravels when a succubus, watching through a mirror, turns his longing for escape into a deadly trap—pushing his homely wife toward the window’s edge, where fate and fire await.

In "Close Shave!" from Spellbound #14 (1953), a man’s daily routine takes a chilling turn when his shrewish wife insists he use a straight razor instead of his electric one. Every attempt to kiss her before work ends in humiliation as she finds his stubble unacceptable—until the razor slips, and the line between devotion and destruction blurs.