Strange Tales of the Unusual #2
In "He Waits in the Dark Alley," a homeless man’s desperate attempt to stop an assassination—spurred by reading tomorrow’s paper—ends in confusion and suspicion, only to wake and realize it was all a dream. Bill Everett’s stark, expressive art brings the story’s eerie tension to life, capturing the moment between reality and delusion. The cover, a collaborative effort by Sol Brodsky and Carl Burgos, hints at the lurking dread within.
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A homeless man finds the next day's newspaper and tries to prevent an assassination only to be mistaken for assaulting the target. He wakes up and finds it was all a dream so he destroys the newspaper.
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