Dates
- Cover date
- February 1957
- On sale
- December 16, 1956
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Strangest Show on Earth · 6 pages
A failing circus takes on bizarre new acts billing themselves as the Martian Circus. Though they pretend to be faking their alien acts, they are real Martians on Earth to smoke out a Martian criminal.
- The Phantom Mariner · 6 pages
When Bruce Blake witnesses three captains going down with their ships in identical ways he begins to wonder about a connection. But when he sees one breathing underwater, and thinks about all three captains' initials, he realizes he might have been dealing with Davy Jones himself.
- Robbie the Robot · 0.67 pages
A robot wins $500 in a wrestling contest but wants his winnings in gasoline.
- The Duplicate Man · 6 pages
Orry Conn kills the inventor of a duplicating machine and creates a duplicate of himself to take the rap. But later he realizes that whatever happens to the original or the duplicate happens to the other, and, unfortunately for him, his duplicate is sentenced to die!
- The Man Who Hunted Witches · 1 pages
- I Was Slave to the Wizard's Lamp · 6 pages
Emmet Mason purchases a lamp accompanied by a legend that the owner must keep it lit for ten years or be cursed with death. Mason protects the lamp at all costs until it is destroyed in a fire and a blue ruby found inside. The curse was a cover for the stolen gem, everyone is certain, except for Mason, who still wonders about the curse.
Reprinted in
Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected (2012), Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (1957), Five-Score Comic Monthly (1958)