Weird Mysteries #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn the year 2252, Earth's dominance extends across the stars, but a mission to a distant galaxy reveals a shocking truth: the so-called "beasts" of a foreign world are not mindless creatures, but a highly intelligent civilization. When two astronauts arrive, their instinct to destroy leads to their capture and display—turning the tables on humanity’s supposed superiority. Weird Mysteries #6 (1953), with art and inks by Vince Fodera, features a chilling tale of perception and prejudice, its cover by Bernard Baily capturing the eerie grandeur of the alien world.
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In "Full Moon," a man haunted by a monstrous secret takes a desperate ride out of town, only to be picked up by a striking woman whose calm demeanor hides a dark truth. As the full moon rises, his transformation begins—but so does her own, flipping the tables in a chilling game of predator and prey.
In "Big Game," a seasoned hunter in Africa grows overconfident after decades of taking down mighty beasts—until nature turns the tables. When a relentless swarm of terrifying ants overwhelms his traps, he finds himself hunted in a way he never expected, facing a death he can't shoot down.
In a future where crime has vanished and science reigns, a visionary scientist unleashes a radical experiment with a cathode ray capable of resurrecting the dead—bringing back a 20th century gangster from the past. Now, in a world unprepared for violence, the reanimated criminal plots to seize control with the only weapon he remembers: his old gun. The scientist, aware of the danger, sets a trap to outwit a man who never learned how to live in peace.
In the year 2252, Earth’s reach extends across the stars, but a mission to a distant galaxy reveals a shocking truth: the so-called "primitive" lifeforms they exterminate are not mindless beasts, but a highly intelligent, civilized species. When two astronauts arrive on a planet of towering purple reptiles, their assumption of danger leads to a deadly miscalculation—one that ends with them captured and displayed as the barbarians in a world they failed to understand.
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