Astonishing Stories #1
In "Mr. Miggs from Mercury!", bumbling Frankie Nesbitt stumbles into a surreal adventure when a knock on the head sends him back to 516 AD, where he briefly joins the Knights of the Round Table and wields Excalibur against a dragon—only to wake up clutching the very sword in his modern-day hands. The story, illustrated with whimsical precision by John Rosenberger, blends schoolyard comedy with Arthurian myth in a delightfully odd 1962 tale. Ogden Whitney’s dynamic cover captures the moment of Frankie’s bewildered return, a perfect teaser for the absurd magic within.
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Bumbling Frankie Nesbitt is to play Sir Gawain in the school play about the legend of King Arthur. During one of his rehearsals he is hit in the head and dreams that he has gone back in time to the year 516. There he meets some of the Knights of the Round Table who give him a special sword to vanquish a dragon. Frankie is hit on the head again and wakes up back at his school in the modern day. Thinking it all a dream, Frankie notices he is holding the legendary sword Excalibur!
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