Uncanny Tales #26

In "How?", a baffling string of robberies stumps the police when the suspect they catch doesn’t match the evidence—fingerprints, witness descriptions, and the crime scene all point to a single man, yet the arrest reveals a shocking truth: the criminal is actually two dwarfs, taking turns standing on each other’s shoulders beneath a clever disguise.

In "Don't Count Your Chickens!" from Uncanny Tales #26 (1954), a brilliant professor makes a startling discovery: the planets are not what they seem, but colossal eggs. As he grapples with the terrifying truth that the Earth's core harbors a creature on the verge of hatching, he faces the chilling possibility that the planet itself is merely a womb—ready to give birth to something that could end life as we know it.

In "Saucer Scare!" from Uncanny Tales #26 (1954), a skeptical newspaper writer finds himself unwittingly aiding a group of invading Martians—using his reputation for exaggeration to hide their true intentions. When he stumbles upon news of a hydrogen bomb test in the desert, he spins a tale about a Martian fleet moving through the same region, setting a trap that catches them off guard.