Marvel Tales #126

In "The Graves That Moved," a slumlord’s cruelty finally catches up to him when the coffins of his victims rise from the ground and march to his doorstep. Trapped by the very graves he ignored, he finds himself buried alive by the dead he wronged.

In "The Death of Me!" from Marvel Tales #126 (1954), a man’s chilling discovery turns his world inside out: the reflections in mirrors aren’t ours at all, but hungry entities from another realm. As he races to expose the truth, the world dismisses him as mad—until a final, desperate act of warning ends in horror, when a spilled glass of water becomes a doorway for something unspeakable.

In "The Lonely Man," a cyclops named Jo struggles with isolation, searching for connection in a world that fears his appearance. His one hope for friendship is always dashed when, in a moment of longing, he removes his sunglasses to truly see the people he meets—only to reveal the truth that drives them away.

In "Murdock's Brain!" from Marvel Tales #126 (1954), a scientist named Murdock takes a desperate gamble, creating a serum to preserve his mind after his body appears dead—just in case the world he fears, an atomic war, comes to pass. Though peace returns and science advances beyond his wildest dreams, Murdock remains trapped in a coffin, his thoughts alone in the dark, suspended between life and death.