Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #13

In "Incident on the 3rd Planet," a desperate Saturnian refugee recounts his harrowing escape from the Jovians to a seemingly sympathetic doctor—only to realize too late that the man he trusts may be the very enemy he fled. With tense atmosphere and a twist that flips the tables, this 8-page tale from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #13 delivers a sharp, suspenseful encounter where trust is the most dangerous weapon.

In "Time Waits for No Man," the Mysterious Traveler recounts a man’s desperate gamble with a life-extending serum, only to find himself trapped in a timeless loop, skipping through years without aging. When he awakens, he’s back at the moment before the theft—yet something in him has shifted, forever altered by the visions of eternity.

A young magician with genuine abilities approaches a vaudeville booking agency, only to be turned away for lack of stage experience—but what the agents witness in his departure suggests they've just made a costly mistake. This clever 1959 fantasy offers a delightful twist on what it means to be a "real" magician.

Two fishermen ignore warnings from superstitious villagers and venture into Marlette Bay on Canada's Atlantic seaboard, only to encounter a mysterious stranger who cryptically cautions them against disturbing something—or someone—called Bolara. When a tremendous disturbance erupts from the water, the terrified men flee, unaware that what they've witnessed is far stranger than any legend.