Tales to Astonish #26

In a tense, shadowed moment aboard a remote expedition outpost, a weary explorer grapples with the unsettling truth that the people around him might not be who they seem. As suspicion grows between William Cartwright, his nurse Anne Morgan, and the enigmatic Bruno, one chilling revelation unfolds: the real threat may be closer than anyone imagined.

In "He Walked Through Walls!", Silas Birch and Charles J. Cragmore find themselves drawn into a chilling encounter with a mysterious stranger whose impossible feats of magic come with a terrible price. When the man offers a contract promising any desire fulfilled, the temptation proves irresistible—though the cost of getting what you want may be far greater than anyone imagined.

In "Run, Rocky, Run!", Rocky Jordan finds himself in a desperate race against time when he tries to escape justice by hiding aboard an experimental rocket—only to discover too late that it's a tiny, unmanned craft built for scale, not for a human passenger.