Strange Journey #4

When two bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio—Wilbur and Orville Wright—become obsessed with flight after a childhood toy inspires their imagination, they launch years of systematic experimentation: building kites, designing wind tunnels, and testing hundreds of aeronautical models with the help of mechanic Charles Taylor. In December 1903, their dedication culminates at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where they prepare to test their revolutionary flying machine and attempt what many said was impossible.

Al and Tom Halley are rookie Galactic Guardians who break formation during a desperate search-and-rescue mission when they spot a mysterious space vortex—and discover the missing Earth liner Sirus trapped in a graveyard of doomed starships. Racing against time and unknown dangers lurking in the void, the two young patrolmen must find a way to pull the crippled vessel free from the whirlpool before it's too late. Their decision to act on instinct instead of orders will test their courage and change everything.

Uncle Featherby, the smooth-talking television weather forecaster, has made a habit of getting his predictions wrong—much to the frustration of his wife and his viewers—but his real troubles start when he brings his dubious "Weather Maker" invention on live television and she decides to settle their domestic score on the air. It's a chaotic clash between the showman's slick routine and the woman he left hanging the night before, all broadcast to an audience that's about to get a very different kind of meteorological lesson.

In 1884 Cuba, photographer Jimmy Hare sets out with American reporter Sylvester Scovel to deliver urgent news to the rebel General Gomez—that America has declared war on Spain—and to capture the historic moment on film. After a grueling seventy-mile trek through jungle, mosquitoes, and tropical storms to reach the general's camp, Hare faces an unexpected obstacle when Gomez refuses to be photographed, leaving the intrepid cameraman to find a way to get the picture that could cement relations between two nations.