Weird Science #20

In "The Loathsome!", a deformed girl raised in an orphanage becomes an outcast after being shunned by the women who care for her. When she’s seen secretly hiding notes in tree hollows, her tormentors confront her, forcing her to flee—only to fall to her death on a spiked fence. As she dies, a final note slips from her hand, bearing a quiet, heartbreaking confession: “To whoever finds this note — I love you.”

In "Surprise Package," Leonard Hill’s eerie duplicity unravels when Martha, suspicious of his strange behavior, uncovers a chilling truth: his body is not the only one in the house. As she confronts the unsettling reality of his multiple marionette selves, the line between man and machine blurs — and her suspicions lead to a shocking, irreversible moment.

In "The Reformers," a group of interdimensional agents sent to corrupt alien societies by blaming their ills on comic books, alcohol, and fashion are stunned when they land on a world where such things coexist with peace and virtue. Despite their efforts to sow discord, they soon learn the planet they’ve invaded is no ordinary world—it’s Heaven, where indulgence doesn’t lead to corruption.

In a 1953 science fiction tale from *Weird Science* #20, fifty men and fifty women are cryogenically frozen for a century-long voyage to colonize a distant star system. When Sid, one of the volunteers, awakens early and begins thawing women one by one for fleeting romances, he underestimates the cunning of Wendy, a woman who turns the tables on him in a twist of frozen fate.