Fantastic Tales #8

When an insecure engineer puts on a mysterious wig said to have belonged to Leonardo Da Vinci, he’s struck by sudden bursts of genius—only to discover the truth might be even more extraordinary than he imagined. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, "Da Vinci's Wig!" is a quietly surprising twist on legacy, identity, and the spark of inspiration.

In "Annals of the Occult!" from Fantastic Tales #8, Jo, the great-grandson of the vanished banker Frederick Forbes, undergoes hypnosis to uncover the truth behind his ancestor’s mysterious disappearance in 1867. What begins as a search for financial scandal unfolds into a revelation that reshapes the family’s legacy—revealing a tragic accident, not theft, as the cause of Forbes’s vanishing, and finally bringing the lost money to light.

In "Pie In the Sky!" from Fantastic Tales #8, private investigator Jo stumbles upon a secret: a celestial realm shaped like a giant pie in the sky, where lost souls are given the chance to live out their deepest dreams. As Jo digs into the mystery, they uncover a hidden world that offers escape to those who’ve given up on reality—leaving only the question of what happens when dreams become too real.