Spellbound #24

In "The Thing Behind the Wall!", a desperate thief stumbles through a hidden passage in a crumbling wall—only to face an ancient, malevolent presence with designs on Earth. After a harrowing escape, he’s arrested and locked in a cell, now paralyzed by fear, too terrified to even touch the cold stone wall that may still hide what he ran from.

In "Gruto!", a desperate journalist spins a sensational tale about an amnesiac alien, turning fear into front-page drama. When the alien finally remembers its true purpose—peaceful sharing of advanced knowledge—it’s met not with wonder, but with the journalist’s deceit and the public’s violent reaction, leaving it to depart in quiet disappointment.

In "I Was A Slave of the Living Hulk!", a young electrician stumbles upon a dormant alien criminal and accidentally revives him—only to find himself bound by a psychic command that enslaves all of humanity. Forced to help construct a vessel for the alien’s escape, the electrician must outwit his captor and find a way to stop the planet-destroying plan before it’s too late.

In "The Return of the Hulk!", the Hulk—once banished to the stars—crashes back to Earth and lays siege to a quiet town, driven by a thirst for vengeance against the human who once bested him. As the man who defeated him returns to face his past, he must outwit the Hulk’s alien mind control using nothing but a mirror and sheer will.