Uncanny Tales #4

In "The Vampire Maker!" from Uncanny Tales #4 (1974), a terrified mob storms a remote castle, believing a scientist is unleashing a monstrous vampire upon the world. But the truth is far more complex—what they’ve mistaken for a monster is actually a being forged to destroy vampires, surviving only by feeding on the undead.

In "The Furnace!", a grim tale from Uncanny Tales #4 (1974), a ship's captain with a wooden leg endures the relentless grind of keeping the vessel's furnace alive as the crew collapses one by one. With coal gone and wood nearly exhausted, the desperate stoker faces a harrowing choice as the ship nears port—only to find the final fuel is not in the hold, but in the man who once commanded it.

In "Men in Black," a disgruntled man named Jim Horton, after being fired, channels his rage into forming a violent gang clad in black hoods, targeting those he deems "foreign." As his campaign of fear escalates, his own prejudice becomes the fatal flaw in a story that builds tension with chilling precision.