Out of This World #16

Abner Foster dreams up a dubious scheme to attract tourists to his struggling motel—he'll advertise for a fake oddity and create buzz around it. When a mysterious sculptor named Milo Valdo answers the call and constructs an unsettling monument from local granite, Foster gets far more than he bargained for as the strange creation draws unwanted attention and fear from his guests. This 1959 tale from "Out of This World" #16 spins a delightful twist on what it really means to have a truly special attraction.

Harvey Blake pilots the first successful time machine back to Earth's primeval past, but against strict orders to observe from inside the capsule, he ventures out into a prehistoric jungle teeming with massive creatures. As he explores this ancient world before mankind, Harvey's curiosity and carelessness begin to exact a dangerous toll—one that could reshape the entire course of human evolution in ways he never imagined.

Captain Ferris of the Army Missile Center investigates strange impulses emanating from a nearby laboratory, only to discover that a dismissed professor named Deming has spent five years building powerful robots with the goal of conquering the world. As Ferris infiltrates the robot army in disguise, he must confront the mysterious control robot commanding the mechanical forces.

Captain Sears has been flying with his uncanny co-pilot Abe Buckmann for months, watching the man pull off impossible aerial rescues with calm precision—until Sears realizes Buckmann couldn't possibly be human, and that he's been chosen for something bigger. When a mysterious midnight call summons them for a solo flight out of Denver, Sears must confront the truth about his co-pilot's origins and the force pulling their plane into the sky. In this 1959 tale from *Out of This World* #16, a pilot discovers that some passengers aren't from this world.