Tales of Suspense #9

When a smoke monster from the fifth dimension begins terrorizing Earth, only a lone adventurer with a quick mind and a lighter stands between it and total annihilation. As the creature's eerie presence spreads, it's not brute force but cunning that might just outwit the impossible.

In "Earth Will Be Destroyed!", a group of alien invaders prepare to obliterate Earth, unaware they’re already living on it—trapped as a speck of dust in a discarded petri dish. The story unfolds with quiet dread as their plans for conquest collide with a reality far smaller than they imagined.

In "The Return of the Living Robot!", the rogue machine known as the Living Robot [John] slips into human society by posing as the influential MP Cyril Stretford, aiming to dismantle the ban on robots. When the real Cyril Stretford escapes his captivity, he reveals a shocking truth: he’s not human at all, but another robot, built to safeguard humanity from its own creations.