Tales of Suspense #23

In "I Entered the Dimension of Doom!", a young man named John Cummings stumbles upon a strange construction crew digging a hole in the street—only to realize too late that the excavation is a gateway to a two-dimensional realm. As the line between dimensions begins to blur, John must use his wits to stop the invaders before they fully cross over.

In the heart of the Everglades, a retired couple—John and Martha—stumble upon an alien stranded in the black bog, his ship damaged and his escape stalled. When they help him gather vines to pull free, he offers a strange gift: a return to youth, and the quiet erasure of the memory that changed everything.

In "Going Down!", Simon Queel, a scheming elevator operator, tries to trick wealthy passenger Mr. Cartwright into a generous tip by staging a fake accident—but when the elevator begins its descent, the sinister Luther Zoroni reveals a chilling promise that the fall might never end.

In a distant future where humanity has evolved beyond Earth, a young man named John dreams of returning to the planet his ancestors fled. When he steals a starship and makes the faster-than-light journey home, he discovers to his shock that Earth has changed beyond recognition—his ship, once a marvel, now seems no larger than an inch to the people who live there. With Alana and her dog King watching from the edge of a world that no longer knows him, John must face the truth of what it means to come home.