Strange Tales #1

In prison, The Wizard plays the model inmate—just long enough to earn trustee status and access to the hospital’s chemicals, all part of a carefully laid plan to escape. Once free, he retreats to his fortified house, where he challenges the Torch to a showdown to prove who’s the better man. Johnny accepts, despite Sue’s warnings, and holds his own—until she arrives, claiming to help. Her interference leads to a deadly trap, and both are nearly killed in a bomb blast. But Johnny’s quick thinking and courage may be the only thing that turns the tide.

In "Man Alone!", a man haunted by dreams of isolation flees to the sea, seeking freedom from a fate he can't name. When a storm strands him on a deserted island, he finds himself trapped in a solitude that feels eerily familiar—almost inevitable.