Adventures into the Unknown #87 (1957)

Henry Winston, a meticulous stockbroker with a lifelong passion for antique crystal balls, is stunned when three identical orbs begin emitting strange light and projecting visions—first of his long-lost brother, then a financial scandal, and finally a mysterious woman from his past. As each vision reveals crucial information about the next day, Henry struggles to reconcile the supernatural with his rational mind, especially when the final image hints at a racehorse that ties directly to a long-held plan.

Jo and Alex, dressed as a space man and his wife for a Halloween party, improvise a wild story about being from the planet Korendor—complete with elaborate details about their home world’s flaming clouds and hydrogen ions—only to find their joke taken deadly seriously when the party’s skeptical astronomer, Professor Lark, becomes convinced they’re real aliens. As the night unfolds, their charade spirals into a terrifying reality when they’re abducted by a group of actual extraterrestrials who believe them to be spies from a rival planet, forcing them to maintain the ruse while imprisoned and facing execution.

Ben Harrow, a scientist obsessed with creating a perfectly controlled society using a mind-controlling gas, finds himself abruptly transported through a mysterious tunnel into ancient Egypt, where he is mistaken for a runaway slave and forced into brutal labor. As he struggles to survive the harsh realities of a world ruled by superstition and tyranny, he realizes too late that his own invention may have triggered this terrifying journey across time.

Jo, a young woman with a mysterious past, finds herself drawn into a web of secrets when she inherits an old music box that plays a haunting melody only she can hear. As she investigates its origins, she uncovers a forgotten connection to a reclusive composer whose work may hold the key to a long-buried truth.