Weird Tales of the Future #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Time and Tide," a scientist's experiment with a shrinking ray goes disastrously wrong when his assistant, Jonah, is reduced to less than an inch tall—only to be accidentally swallowed in a sandwich. Trapped inside the scientist’s mouth, Jonah fights to survive, using a laser to fend off the threat of being swallowed, while the scientist suffers a mysterious toothache. The dentist’s baffling examination of a tiny, unidentifiable object sets the stage for a shocking reversal, as the scientist attempts to restore Jonah using the ray’s reverse polarity. Art by Tony Mortellaro and cover by Bernard Baily bring this bizarre, high-stakes micro-adventure to life in a 1953 issue where science, humor, and panic collide.
In "Time and Tide," an engineer stows away on a rocket bound for the moon, only to wake on Earth centuries earlier—plucked from his time and stranded in medieval England during the age of King Arthur. The story unfolds as he grapples with a world utterly foreign to his own, where the past feels both impossibly real and dangerously out of reach.
In "The Purple Mists," space pilot Rex King ventures to a desolate world in search of his missing brother, only to find himself trapped in a nightmare of perpetual, acidic purple mist that dissolves both metal and flesh. As the air itself becomes a lethal threat, Rex must confront the horrifying reality of a planet that doesn’t just reject intruders—it consumes them.
In "Jonah," a scientist’s accidental invention shrinks his assistant to less than an inch, setting off a desperate struggle for survival when Jonah hides in a sandwich—and ends up inside the scientist’s mouth. With a laser and sheer will, Jonah fights to avoid being swallowed, while the scientist grapples with a mysterious toothache that leads him to the dentist. The story unfolds with tense, claustrophobic urgency, as a single misstep could mean the end.
In "The Beginning or the End!" from *Weird Tales of the Future* #6, an Earth scientist races to end a generations-long war with the alien planet Lexyl by building a planet-destroying weapon—only to find himself outmaneuvered in a deadly game of deception. As the fate of Earth hangs in the balance, one man's desperate bid for victory becomes the weapon’s final, unintended target.
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Reprinted in Weird Mysteries #12 (1954), Strange Galaxy #8 (1971), Tales of Voodoo #5 (1971), PS Artbooks Softee: Weird Tales of the Future #2 (2020), L'intégrale de L'Effondrement #[nn] (2022), Fremde Welten #32
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