Treasure Comics #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis anthology issue features multiple stories, including one centered on Dr. Styx in one of his "weirdest adventures." The visible pages also contain a story involving a man named Paul who encounters a mysterious stranger in the woods, who identifies himself as Dr. Michael Slaughter, a surgeon experimenting with shrinking creatures to sub-normal size; Paul agrees to help him reach a legendary island. Additional stories depict exotic adventures including a tale of two men sailing to the mysterious "Jewel of Islam" in the Indian Sea, where they face a storm and shipwreck, and another story involving characters in the Himalayas dealing with wild elephants and encounters with strange mountain tribes and giant birds.
When a séance opens a doorway to a malevolent spirit intent on driving the living to their doom, Dr. Styx must confront a vile entity whose influence spreads across the city—one that feeds on despair and feeds death itself. Battling a force of pure evil that grows stronger in darkness, Dr. Styx discovers that belief itself may be the only weapon capable of stopping a creature that thrives on the night.
Hassan and Sinbad set sail from war-ravaged Bagdad seeking fortune on the mysterious islands of the Indian Sea, only to find themselves shipwrecked and thrust into a gauntlet of deadly perils—towering birds, hidden valleys, hostile tribes, and wild beasts that test their courage and friendship. Through cunning and loyalty, the two seafarers navigate wonder after wonder in their quest to restore their prince's treasury and return home.
A fascinating look at the prehistoric monsters that once ruled Montana's Hell Creek region, from the towering Tyrannosaurus Rex with its devastating five-inch teeth to the armor-plated creatures that fell before it. This non-fiction account takes readers back through the Cretaceous and Miocene periods, revealing the colossal beasts—including massive horned giants and enormous boars—that dominated the Western landscape millions of years ago.
Marco Polo ventures into a frozen mountain kingdom in northern India, where he escapes the tyrannical Jubal Bey by commandeering one of the Khan's massive hunting birds to reach a hidden settlement of peaceful mountain people. The famous traveler discovers a society that has mastered the art of crafting tools and treasures from rubies found in their mountainside, living simply and generously in their icy realm. When Jubal Bey and his raiders pursue Marco to claim the kingdom's riches for themselves, the explorer must navigate a clash between two worlds with vastly different understandings of greed and violence.
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