Uncanny Tales #51
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"In the Dead of Night" delivers a haunting, dreamlike twist on the world of boxing, as a fighter’s determination outlives his body in a surreal, ghostly echo. Written by Carl Wessler and brought to life with moody, expressive art by Gray Morrow, the story lingers in the space between will and fate. The cover, by Bill Everett, captures the eerie atmosphere with a striking, shadowed image that hints at the unseen forces at play.
In the Dead of Night, a lonely atomic researcher finds himself trapped in an unnerving, oversized room during his sleep—only to discover his cousins are behind the bizarre experiment. With a clever twist and a shrink ray at his disposal, he flips the script in a chilling game of mind and scale.
In "I Lived Forever!", a Crusader’s mercy to a captured Muslim sorcerer unleashes an eternal gift that becomes a haunting burden—watching generations pass while he remains unchanged, forced to drift through time and place, haunted by the lives he can never truly share.
In "Where Did Joe Go?", a boxer’s fateful car accident before his championship bout sets off a strange, lingering echo of his determination—his will to fight manifesting in the ring long after he’s gone. Though he vanishes mid-fight, the fight’s outcome still brings his wife a surprising windfall, sparing her from hardship.
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Reprinted in Al Williamson Forbidden Worlds #[nn] (2009), Atlas Artist Edition #2 (2024)
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