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- The Strange New World of the Fly · 8 pages
Orphan Tommy Troy overhears crooks and is sent to a haunted house of "wizards". Tommy finds a fly ring that opens a dimensional portal. Out steps Turan of the Fly People, a super-advanced race that devolved into flies, waiting for a person to battle crime and greed. Tommy is bequeathed powers of walking on walls, super-strength, seeing in all directions, and cunning to escape any traps. He rubs the ring and becomes a costumed man: The Fly! Now to serve justice!.. "The Fly Strikes" He wraps the orphan manager and crooks for the cops, reverts to Tommy Troy, and Turan says farewell.
- The Fly Discovers His Buzz Gun · 5 pages
In the haunted house, the wizard sends Tommy for groceries. He's knocked down by fleeing crooks. He meets Dolly, a girl nearby. He rubs his ring, becomes The Fly, and tests his buzz gun. It fires stingers that put crooks to sleep. The Fly reverts to Tommy and returns to the haunted house, where he's spanked.
- Duped by the Dazzler · 8 pages
- The Metal Master! · 4 pages
- Muggsy's Masterpieces · 9 pages
- Something Missing!! · 5 pages
The first mission to Mercury has a stow-away, the lover of one of the pilots. The captain is angry, but when they arrive on Mercury they find that the natives are hostile, and only the girl's display of love towards the pilot convinces them that the humans have something of value to offer.
- The Fountain of Youth · 2 pages
- The Power Pack · The Shield · 2 pages
- Mind Over Matter! · 5 pages
A thief meets a lama in the foothills of the Himalayas and is amazed by the feats that he can accomplish with yoga. When he considers using the lama's powers of disappearance for crime, the lama uses them to will him into non-existence.
- One Look Means Doom! · 5 pages
A couple moves to a cursed castle and the man discovers the imprisoned Medusa. When her powers do not affect him she thinks they have disappeared and accidentally turns herself to stone, not knowing the man is blind.
- The Changeling · 5 pages
A teenager in the future desires to return to Earth despite scientist's warning that over thousands of years humans are no longer adapted to life on Earth. When the boy steals a rocket ship and makes the faster than light journey back to the original homeworld, he finds that the scientists were indeed correct as his rocket ship is only about an inch tall to the Earthmen.
- Slide Rule's Challenge · 8 pages