World of Fantasy #5
In "Fade-Out!", two men survive a desert mirage that leaves them hospitalized and disoriented. As one recovers first, he discovers a necklace of glass emeralds beside the other man—and begins to wonder if the vision was more than just a trick of the heat. Written by Jack Oleck and illustrated by Dave Berg, with a striking cover by Bill Everett, this 1957 tale from World of Fantasy blends mystery and surrealism in a story that lingers long after the final page.
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Two men experience a mirage in the desert and are later found and brought to a hospital to recover. One of the men recovers first and finds a necklace in the table next to the other and figures that the mirage was actually a real city filled with emeralds. He leaves the hospital and the doctor tells the recovering patient that he left a necklace of glass emeralds for his wife in his room.
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