World's Finest Comics #226

In "I Hate the Sandman!", a man tormented by his inability to stay awake finds himself at odds with the very symbol of sleep—only to be drawn into a mystery when he's falsely accused of murder. With the Sandman's unexpected intervention and a twist of fate, the truth begins to unravel, and the line between nightmare and justice blurs.

In "Eclipso's Amazing Ally!", Eclipso constructs a robotic duplicate to deceive Bruce Gordon, only to find himself forced to aid Bruce and Professor Bennett when the very machine he created turns against them. The twist of an enemy becoming an unlikely savior adds a surprising turn to this classic 1974 tale of deception and desperation.

In "What Makes a Corpse Cry?", Boston Brand investigates a chilling mystery tied to a past threat from Rocky Manzel, a man who once vowed to kill him. As the investigation deepens, Boston confronts Rocky and his gang of counterfeiters, uncovering secrets that blur the line between the living and the dead.

In "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel," a brilliant scientist’s accidental teleportation of a Martian to Earth sets off a chain of events that leaves the alien stranded and alone. Now, years later, the Martian has taken on a new identity—becoming a police detective in an effort to understand the world he never asked to be part of.