Tales to Astonish #25

When Joe Hanson’s late electric bill accidentally traps him in a bizarre cross-dimensional rift, he finds himself face-to-face with the Creature from Krogarr—only to discover that his own negligence might be the key to survival. As the alien’s strange powers ripple through the television in his apartment, Joe must outwit a being from beyond the stars, relying on nothing but his wits and a forgotten utility bill.

In a tense race across the solar system, Earth's first rocket to Mars carries a secret: the pilot, Dan Blake, is actually a Martian spy sent to sabotage the mission. But when a Jupiter agent stows away, the two spies find themselves locked in a deadly game of deception—each trying to control the message sent back to their home worlds. With the fate of interplanetary travel hanging in the balance, one truth will be broadcast, but which one?

Monk Morgan, a man haunted by a past he can't escape, stumbles upon a fortune teller at a roadside circus—only to find the tent floating in empty air, its keeper a familiar face from a forgotten crime. The gypsy’s curse, long buried, now rises in the silence between heartbeats.