Tales to Astonish #20

In a chilling tale from *Tales to Astonish* #20, writer Charles Bentley finds his imagination spiraling beyond control as the creatures he pens begin to manifest in the real world. When he creates a new entity named X—a being of pure, unstoppable force—he must confront the terrifying consequences of his own creation, even as he wrestles with the power to unmake it.

In "[What Was "X" the Thing That Lived!], Part 2," Charles Bentley confronts the terrifying reality that his fictional creations are escaping the page—each more real than the last. As his worst nightmare takes shape, he begins to suspect the truth lies not in his imagination, but in the typewriter that brought them to life.

In "[What Was "X" the Thing That Lived!], Part 3," Charles Bentley finds himself trapped in the nightmare he’s conjured—his fictional creations, once confined to the page, now stalk him in reality. As the line between story and life dissolves, he fixates on the typewriter that birthed them all, sensing it holds the secret to both his undoing and his only chance to survive.

In "[What Was "X" the Thing That Lived!], Part 4," Charles Bentley finds himself trapped in the nightmare he's conjured—his fictional horrors now stalking the real world. As the line between imagination and reality shatters, he realizes the truth lies not in his stories, but in the typewriter that gave them life.

In "One-Way Journey!", Adam Gree, a ruthless tycoon obsessed with control, gambles everything on a machine that leaps him forward to the year 2001—promised to be a world free of disease, war, and poverty. But when the journey proves irreversible and his body ages forty years in an instant, he's left stranded in a future he never expected to live to see.