Strange Tales #52

In "Simon's Stooge!", a cunning performer named Simon takes advantage of Lobar’s mind-reading ability to steal the spotlight—until Lobar ends the act and drags Simon along on a journey to Pluto. There, Simon’s lack of mental powers makes him an unwitting comic foil, forced to follow Lobar through alien landscapes as his baffled assistant.

In "The Frightened Man," a desperate man named Rolf steals government bonds and flees from the law, only to stumble upon an inventor who offers a mysterious potion capable of teleporting its drinker to any place they imagine. As Rolf uses the potion to escape, he witnesses the devastating aftermath of a national invasion, forcing him to confront the consequences of his actions and the true cost of his choices.

In "The Last of Professor Hogarth," a wounded scientist named Hogarth makes a desperate revelation to his colleague Kalmus: he can transfer his consciousness into another body. When the moment comes, he escapes his dying form by entering the body of a dog—now forced to feign normalcy while watching Kalmus’s growing ambition unfold.

In "You Can't Find Me!" from Strange Tales #52 (1956), the crew of Patrol Ship XBY descends into chaos upon docking, wrecking everything in sight. When a guard discovers a suspicious diary on one of the crew, it seems to expose a shocking alien brainwashing scheme—until a sharp-eyed observer spots the truth: the real culprit is someone immune to the very charms the alien used to manipulate others, revealing a clever deception in the midst of the frenzy.