Weird Science-Fantasy #24

In "The Teacher from Mars," Professor Mun Zeerohs arrives on Earth to teach the Martian language, only to face relentless prejudice from his students. As tensions rise, the revelation of his son’s sacrifice in defending an Earthling begins to shift the students’ perceptions — and the classroom becomes a battleground of misunderstanding, memory, and unexpected respect.

In "The Pioneer," rocket research scientist Professor Alec Lathem, once a respected educator, finds himself at the edge of madness after a disastrous experiment leaves him injured and his career in ruins. After being dismissed by Dean Miller and driven into isolation by the suspicious Hiram Jenkins, Lathem builds a revolutionary rocket engine in a remote barn—only to be arrested for murder, convinced he’s being prepared for a final heroic flight.

In "Upheaval!", a ship's Captain and his crew land on a bizarre planet whose surface resembles green felt—only to be swallowed whole and violently expelled from its interior like vomit. As they flee the alien world in their ship, the crew confronts a humbling truth: their long-held belief in humanity's evolutionary supremacy has been shattered by the planet itself.