Strange Tales #9

In "Blind Date," a man’s chance encounter at a bar takes a chilling turn when a striking redhead in a convertible offers him an unexpected ride—though not the one he expects. As the car speeds toward a mountain’s edge, he realizes too late that the woman he’s with isn’t who she seems, and the date he’s been invited to may be his last.

In "The Man from Mars," a lazy dreamer stumbles upon a rocket labeled "Be the First to See Mars" and, thinking it's a movie promotion, climbs aboard—only to wake up as a prisoner in a Martian zoo. The story, written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, turns a mundane daydream into a surreal interplanetary twist.

In "The Voice of Doom!" from Strange Tales #9 (1952), a tyrannical publisher uses hidden intercoms to monitor and fire employees who speak ill of him—until one day, the system turns against him. When a sinister voice from the speaker warns him of eternal torment, he demands to know the source, only to see a grinning skull emerge from the device, claiming him.