Adventures into the Unknown #65 (1955)

In "Final Accounting!", uranium prospector Fred Greene stumbles upon a crashed UFO in the hills, only to uncover a sinister alien conspiracy. The malevolent beings from the planet Xereses, led by their chilling commander Toabor, have set their sights on eradicating all life on Earth with their advanced weapons—soon. When Fred threatens to expose them, Toabor disables him with a hypnotic ray, erasing his memory of the coming catastrophe.

On his 27th birthday, George Harris’s perfect day unravels when a series of unsettling coincidences—his age, a fatal accident with license plate 27, being let go from his job, and his fiancée leaving him for a man worth 27 million—lead him to believe fate is conspiring against him. As he tries to regain control, every twist of fortune seems to confirm his dread, culminating in a desperate gamble at a casino where he stakes everything on the number 27.

In Professor Bailey’s study, a mysterious visitor claiming to come from the year 3468 appears, captivating the professor with a dazzling demonstration of futuristic science before vanishing—only to return the next day, much to the disbelief of his skeptical colleagues. As the visitor performs impossible feats, including a flame that burns without consuming and liquid that disappears mid-fall, Bailey tries to prove the truth to his doubting peers, but the visitor’s presence is tied only to the one he chose to contact.