Strange Tales #94

In "I Was a Decoy for Pildorr: The Plunderer from Outer Space!", a lone Earth pilot is sent on a high-stakes mission to deliver a crucial cargo through a pirate-infested sector. Captured and cast into the void, he discovers his true nature as a robot—and that the cargo he was meant to protect holds a power far beyond what he was told.

In "Save Me from the Weed!", a dismissive man pushes his quiet gardener, Jo, to seek bigger ambitions—until Jo’s unassuming skill with a pair of shears becomes the key to stopping a creeping, telepathic weed that’s silently spreading across the world. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this 1962 science fiction tale finds extraordinary danger in the most ordinary hands.

In "He Came from Nowhere!" from Strange Tales #94, a fugitive desperate to escape his pursuers is offered a strange deal by a man claiming to be from the future—swap places with him. When the fugitive arrives in the new timeline, he’s immediately arrested, the authorities convinced his alien form is just a clever disguise.

When a man answers a frantic call for help, he dismisses it as a prank—until the phone shatters in his hand, revealing a tiny alien ship that’s been trapped inside the receiver all along.