Weird Science #12

Captain Harold Dexter and his crew aboard the Polaris-B face the usual rigors of zero gravity—until the real trouble begins with Hawkins’ dog, a constant yelping presence in the ship’s tight quarters. When they land on an alien world where pets are the norm, the crew is stunned to discover that the planet’s rulers, the Knogs, treat their servants, the Gobl, as beloved companions—just like dogs.

In the quiet aftermath of a planet-ending explosion, Larry—the last man in a world reduced to ash—lands his balloon to find a single survivor: his sister. With the sky still scarred and the Earth silent, their reunion is both a miracle and a haunting question: how did she survive, and what does it mean to be the last of humanity?

Ron Martin, a man caught between two lives, finds himself drawn to his new secretary, Ellen Corwin—only to discover she might not be human. When his friend Cal Tennis proposes building an android of Ron so he can escape with Ellen, the plan seems perfect—until the line between man and machine begins to blur.

In a delightfully absurd twist, a simple-minded farmer’s ham radio call to aliens sets off a military frenzy—only to reveal the extraterrestrials were hiding in plain sight, tiny and trapped in a hotdog vendor’s sauerkraut brine. When a sergeant takes a bite of his lunch and realizes he’s been chewing on an alien ship, chaos unfolds in the most unexpectedly crunchy way. A classic blend of sci-fi silliness and deadpan humor from the pages of Weird Science #12.