Unusual Tales #14 (1958)

In "Approaching Normalcy," a mother frets that her brilliant young son, Jo, is too absorbed in his studies to spend time with other children. To bridge the gap, Jo creates a robot duplicate of himself to play with the neighborhood kids while he stays indoors, immersed in his work.

In "Alone," a man isolated by his own bitterness finds himself at odds with the world when a violent storm strikes—his neighbors’ desperate calls for help go unanswered, not out of indifference, but because he refuses to listen. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this haunting three-page tale from Unusual Tales #14 (1958) captures the quiet dread of being cut off from others just when connection might mean survival.