Mystic #60
In "The Children's Hour!", a lonely security guard takes an unexpected journey when a lightning strike binds him to the minds of three strangers on a bus—each facing perilous jobs, from dangerous construction to a fiery test flight. Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated by John Forte with inks by George Klein, this eerie 1957 tale unfolds with a chilling twist as the man’s identity fractures, culminating in a shocking transformation into the bus driver. The cover, by John Severin, captures the moment’s tension with stark, dramatic flair.
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A man who works as a security guard is envying the easy jobs he imagines his fellow bus passengers to have when the bus is struck by lightning and he finds himself becoming one with the other men in succession. It turns out two of them have dangerous construction jobs and the third, Matt Grimm, is a test pilot whose plane catches fire and he has to bail out. He tells his story to his wife who thinks it's a pack of lies, when suddenly he transforms into the only other man he hasn't been, the bus driver.
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