Tales to Astonish #2

In "When Aliens Meet!", Dunstan Craig—a man who hunts alien creatures for sport—finds himself on an alien world where the tables are turned: the inhabitants treat him as the specimen, locking him in a zoo. After escaping, he confronts the irony of his actions, leading to a quiet but powerful shift in his perspective.

In a distant future, Harry Grant flees a high-tech crime with a tracking wristband, seeking refuge on a primitive world where he hopes to vanish. But when he arrives, he discovers the inhabitants are tiny—so small that his every move makes him impossible to hide. With Anne Grant caught in the same strange world, their survival depends on outwitting a society that sees them as giants.

Joe Sykes thought he was signing up for a quick nap—instead, he’s been frozen through eons, only to wake in a world where no one can see or hear him. Now stranded in an alternate dimension, the former petty criminal must navigate a reality that doesn’t recognize his existence, with only his memories and the ghost of his past life to keep him company.

In "My Job: Capture a Martian," private detective Mr. Garner brushes off a man’s claim of seeing a flying saucer, dismissing it as paranoia—only to later learn the truth behind the sighting. As he grapples with his own misjudgment, the story unfolds with quiet tension, revealing a far more complex situation than he ever imagined.