Strange Stories of Suspense #15
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Doomsday!", a nightwatchman at a secretive research lab stumbles upon a miniature world accessible through a newly developed device. Drawn by curiosity, he ventures into this tiny realm, steals a seemingly insignificant diamond, and returns to his normal size—only to find the gem remains impossibly small. Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated by William Weltman, this eerie tale blends scientific wonder with unexpected consequence, all rendered in the distinctive style of cover by Carl Burgos.
In "Doomsday!", a desperate crook spins a tale of an impending meteor strike to scare a Gypsy camp into leaving—only to find the stars themselves might be watching. As he claims the gold he coveted, the very sky answers his lie with a terrifying, unstoppable force.
In "The Liquid of Life!", a lone diver stumbles upon a forgotten undersea city and its mysterious fountain—said to hold the secret of eternal life. But when he drinks from it, he discovers a terrible price: he can no longer survive on land, bound forever to the ocean's depths.
In "I Went Inside the Hidden World!" from Strange Stories of Suspense #15 (1957), a nightwatchman stumbles upon a secret microscopic realm while working at a research lab. Drawn into the tiny world by a mysterious transportation device, he steals a diamond—but when he returns to normal size, the gem remains impossibly small.
In "The Terrible Timepiece!" from Strange Stories of Suspense #15 (1957), a thief steals a mysterious watch capable of halting gravity, setting off a chain of dangerous events when he attempts to sell it to communists. They test the device by flying a bomber over an enemy capital, only to find the bomb suspended mid-air—frozen in time and space—until it finally detonates.
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↩ Reprints Journey into Unknown Worlds #44 (1956)
Reprinted in Amazing Stories of Suspense #3 (1963), Out of This World #23 (1966), Creepy Worlds #64 (1967), Astounding Stories #24 (1968), Amazing Stories of Suspense #136 (1974), Creepy Worlds #240 (1987), Amazing Stories of Suspense #54, Creepy Worlds #13, Misterios del Gato Negro #49, Secrets of the Unknown #64, Uncanny Tales #22
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