Strange Tales #74

In "Gorgolla! The Living Gargoyle!!" from Strange Tales #74, a curious student’s quest for a class project leads him deep into a hidden Tibetan valley, where he stumbles upon a colossal stone being named Gorgolla. The ancient gargoyle claims to be a conqueror from another world, summoning his army to reclaim Earth—only to be stunned when they turn on him, declaring their loyalty to humanity instead.

In "Beware the Hands of Hundu," a boastful painter is handed enchanted paints by a gypsy, granting him the power to bring his creations to life. When he uses them to punish a lover who rejected him, his ambition spirals beyond control—until the very art he conjures turns against him.

In "I Was Trapped in the Nightmare World," a man finds himself stranded in a terrifying dreamscape where the inhabitants believe his reality is a delusion—and that they are the true dreamers. The story unfolds as he confronts the unsettling truth that in this realm, he is the one who doesn't belong.

In "When the Totem Walks!" from Strange Tales #74, two escaped convicts flee into a remote Native American village, terrorizing the tribe with their violence. When the chieftain invokes ancient magic, he awakens a totem pole that begins to walk—its wooden limbs moving with eerie purpose as it pursues the fugitives back to the prison they fled.