Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Night Call" in Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #6 (1957) delivers a chilling tale of hubris and retribution, written by Joe Gill and brought to life with stark, haunting visuals by Steve Ditko, who both pencils and inks the interior art. After Captain Fenton's cruel act of casting a crew member's totem overboard, a storm sinks his ship, leaving him stranded on an island where he’s worshipped as a god—only to face a reckoning when the very totem he discarded washes ashore. The cover, also by Ditko, captures the story’s eerie tension with its stark, expressive imagery.
In "Night Call," a doctor answers a mysterious midnight summons, only to become disoriented in a thick, endless fog. Guided to an isolated log cabin, he tends to a sick man in a time that feels strangely out of step. When he finally returns to the present, he realizes he’s traveled more than a century into the past—though how or why remains a haunting mystery.
In "The Strange Fate of Captain Fenton," a merciless sea captain’s cruelty catches up with him when a storm sinks his ship and strands him on an island where the natives revere him as divine. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, the story follows Fenton’s descent from tyrant to hunted man as the very totem he cast into the sea returns—carrying the weight of his past sins.
A confident bridge engineer dismisses local warnings about a sacred site protected by the god Kubar, determined to span the Nephthal River no matter the cost—but when his equipment mysteriously fails and the riverbank itself collapses, he's forced to confront forces that defy his engineering expertise. As Walker returns for one last look at the devastation, he discovers something impossible waiting for him at the site, challenging everything he thought he understood about the myths he'd so easily dismissed.
In "Look Deep Into My Eyes," a struggling hypnotist discovers he’s the last heir of a long-dead line of sorcerers, their malevolent spirits eager to pass their power to him. Just as the ritual begins, a mysterious woman intervenes—slapping him hard, shattering the trance, and leaving him stunned.
A young man named Arthur flees the police and seeks refuge with his father, only to have his past crimes—a series of senseless thefts that have caused real harm to the community—laid bare before him. As his desperate father struggles between protecting his son and facing the consequences of what Arthur has become, a shocking truth emerges that will change everything. This tale of compulsion, family loyalty, and hidden darkness builds to a finale that redefines who—or what—the real fugitive is.
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Reprinted in Amazing Stories of Suspense #23 (1964), Secrets of the Unknown #120 (1971), Amazing Stories of Suspense #144 (1975), Monster Hunters #14 (1978), Uncanny Tales #138 (1979), Beyond the Grave #16 (1984), Escape #17 (1989), Steve Ditko Reader #3 (2005), Crypt of Horror #3 (2006), The Art of Ditko #[nn] (2009), The Steve Ditko Archives #3 (2012), Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #27 (2018), Gwandanaland Comics #2118 (2018), Gwandanaland Comics #2331-A (2019), Creepy Worlds #85, Golden Comics #4, Secrets of the Unknown #46
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