Midnight Mystery #5

A young woman, Linda Jensen, waits anxiously for her friend Jack Lewis to keep a picnic promise, only to be told he’s gone to Wildcat Canyon with his dog, Skippy. As rain swells the canyon’s river, Jack’s former colleague, Ray Danvers, grows increasingly uneasy about the bridge’s safety—especially after learning it was built with stolen materials. The story follows Jack and Skippy’s final journey to the trestle, where the weight of secrets and a crumbling structure threaten to collapse under the storm’s fury.

In "Unknown Journey!" from Midnight Mystery #5 (1961), high school friends Greg Baker and Stan Winters find themselves caught in a cosmic twist when alien beings whisk them back through time with Earth's fate at stake. With no warning and no choice, they must outwit their captors and fight to survive the journey home.

Martin and Swanson scale the inaccessible peak of Shivaleri Mountain, driven by curiosity and the promise of a historic first. At the summit, they discover ancient idols and a still-warm altar, only to flee in terror when the site seems to defy explanation—leaving behind a mystery that defies logic and reason.

In "The Wizard's Wand!" from Midnight Mystery #5 (1961), Egyptologists Pete Murray and Rod Emmons stumble upon a mysterious wand that promises power—but when they’re trapped by its magic, they must undo its effects to escape. As the wand’s influence fades, so too do their memories of it, leaving only the quiet mystery of what they once held.