Tales of the Unexpected #17

In "Beware the Thinking Cap," Johnny Manton takes a risky gamble when he steals a mysterious artifact from a museum, drawn by rumors of its power to grant genius-level intellect. But the cap has a mind of its own—and it only answers to those who use its gift for the right reasons.

In "The Bullet Man," inmate Chick Durant finds himself granted brief bursts of freedom—25 minutes at a time—thanks to a strange alloy in his ID tag, forged from a meteorite and scrap metal from an atomic lab. When he reshapes the tag on an uncharted island, the experiment goes awry, trapping him in a place where time and survival are no longer under his control.