Journey into Unknown Worlds #39

In "Escape to Nowhere," a man who’s always avoided effort finds himself stranded in a strange world where even the slightest exertion is met with deadly consequences. After fleeing the oppressive pace of that realm, he returns to his own life with a newfound determination to change.

In a 1955 tale from *Journey into Unknown Worlds #39*, a frustrated sci-fi writer’s persistence is tested when a skeptical TV producer dismisses his lunar script—until rocket travel makes the moon real. When the producer finally journeys there, he’s stunned to find the very writer he once fired, claiming he was born on the moon.

In "Under His Hat!" from Journey into Unknown Worlds #39 (1955), a kind-hearted angel who performs quiet acts of charity finds himself caught between duty and humility when a dying old woman asks him to remove his hat—not out of curiosity, but out of respect. Though he hesitates, fearing the revelation of his halo, he eventually complies, but only after ensuring they are alone.

In "The Mystery That Couldn't Be Solved!" from Journey into Unknown Worlds #39 (1955), scientists are baffled when two rocket launches carrying monkeys return empty—leading them to wrongly conclude that space disintegrates living matter and abandon space travel. But the truth is far stranger: the monkeys were captured by aliens who, upon realizing their captives were too simple to have built the rocket, fear Earth's advanced technology and retreat from their planned invasion.