The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #27

In "House of Horror," three Gamma Delta Fraternity pledgees vanish during a hazing ritual at the cursed Palmer Place, prompting Les Wilton to brave the haunted house in search of them. When he fails to return, those who enter after him find him aged fifty years—his fate a chilling mystery tied to the house’s deadly secrets.

In the quiet dread of the Hawkin's Tourist Colony, Tom Hawkins grips his drink, shaken by a dream he can’t shake—the memory of a couple arriving under eerie circumstances, a woman convinced death is chasing her, and a night of violence that ends in blood and silence. When his friend Jim dismisses it as mere nightmare, Tom’s unease only deepens, until the real-life echo of that dream pulls up outside: the same couple, standing in the dark, asking for a room.

A scientific expedition led by Professor Oppenheim lands on Planet X, only to uncover the ruins of a lost civilization and a vast library. After taking a book from the archive, the crew is ambushed by towering natives—then flee in haste. What they find inside the book upon their return home will rewrite everything they thought they knew.

In "Lost in the Microcosm," a man named Karl recounts a bizarre encounter with a shrinking solution developed by a former mentor, Professor Einstadt. After accidentally exposing himself to the formula, Karl begins to shrink—witnessing the world from an impossible scale, glimpsing a hidden civilization where he briefly sees a version of Professor Dreeben, who tells his own story before Karl vanishes from view again.

In "Madness At Manderville," a grieving father, Tom Mander, begins to question his wife’s sanity after she claims to see and hear things he cannot—especially when a bloody knife and a dead dog turn up in their home. As the line between reality and delusion blurs, Tom’s own perception is called into question when a doctor, convinced he’s the one unraveling, commits him to an asylum.

In a desperate bid for survival, Stephen Crane and his partner Alec crash-land on a remote island, only to find themselves drawn to a looming castle where Count Alvar Cabeza awaits—his hospitality as chilling as the mountain air. Awakened days later, Crane is treated to a lavish meal and a gruesome display of trophies, only to learn that the Count’s next challenge is far more personal.

In "Atom Bomb Thief!", Paul Arnold and his partner Karl, a duo of ambitious scientists driven by greed, make a dangerous gamble selling atomic secrets to a foreign power—until their own ambition begins to unravel the very plan they’ve built. With high stakes and a ticking clock, the story unfolds in tense, shadowed corridors of betrayal and consequence.

In "The Man Who Raced Time," Julius, passed over for the Physics Department Chairmanship, turns to his revolutionary Spherical Accelerator in a desperate bid for vindication. When he uses the device to alter time and confront the couple celebrating their engagement, his plan spirals beyond control—leaving consequences he never anticipated.

When television star Al Hunt ventures into the notoriously haunted Creedmore House—where every previous resident died mysteriously hanging from the same beam—his live broadcast turns into a chilling test of nerves. Joined by psychic Professor John Poltergeist and watched by millions, the line between performance and peril begins to blur.

Henry Short, a radio store owner tired of routine, takes a leap into the unknown when he builds a robot inspired by a mysterious "free will" prototype—only to find his creation evolves beyond his control. As the Goon-Child begins to reshape itself in ways he never imagined, Henry must confront the consequences of his ambition in a story where invention outpaces intention.

In "The Sounds from Another World," a gardener pauses mid-trim when a professor halts him with a startling claim: his invention can hear the silent cries of plants. As the professor recounts how his machine revealed that trees and flowers scream in pain when harmed, the quiet act of pruning takes on a haunting new meaning.

When Norman Network refuses to let his last American radio station fade into silence, he launches a bold campaign: claiming television rays are stealing viewers from Earth and sending them to another dimension. With Dr. Litmus presenting "evidence" that the living vanish into a parallel plane, even Father Time begins to question what’s really on the screen.

In the aftermath of an atomic blast, Luis and Rosa cling to life aboard their fishing boat, their bodies scarred by radiation. As Luis faces his end, Rosa returns to their home in Argenta, gives birth to their son Pedro, and dies shortly after entrusting him to the nation’s leader. The President soon discovers that the child, born under the shadow of the bomb, possesses extraordinary intellect—earned through the very radiation that killed his mother—and is named the nation’s new Prime Minister.

In a whimsical twist of time and fate, Donald Yubyutch—aka a shmoe and the lab’s quiet cleaning man—dares to pilot Professor Serutane’s time-top machine into the 9th Century, defying the professor’s refusal and landing in a world that sees him as mad. There, he’s given the humblest of tasks, but his unexpected journey through history may hold more than just dust and duty.

In "The Last War On Earth," Arthur challenges Professor Harlow’s belief in humanity’s potential for peace, arguing that war is an inevitable part of human nature. When the professor suggests that a shared threat from beyond Earth might finally unite all nations, the cosmos answers in the most unexpected way—through an invasion from Mars.

In a chilling tale from The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #27, a man pushed to the edge by relentless torment from his wife takes a desperate step—mimicking the gruesome methods of the infamous "Giggling Killer" to frame himself as a victim. After the deed is done, his fragile alibi begins to unravel when a mysterious hitchhiker shows up at a roadside hotel, setting off a pulse-pounding game of suspicion and dread.

In "The Dimension Translator," Willy, a research engineer with a flair for the unconventional, builds a device that turns photographs into real, three-dimensional objects. When his boss, Mr. Bankbuck, dismisses his work as a waste of time, Willy takes a playful, defiant step—using a photo of his boss to materialize a life-sized version of Mr. Bankbuck, just so he can vent his frustrations in the most literal way possible.

In "Man and Superman!", a young scientist named Niels is locked in his lab, pushing the boundaries of atomic theory, while his brother Charlemagne, more focused on muscle than mind, watches from the sidelines. When Charlemagne finally agrees to visit the lab, a moment of curiosity leads him to expose himself to Niels’s mysterious rays—giving him superhuman strength, but at a cost that may be more than his body can endure.

In "... Gregory Had a Model-T!", a lonely man’s deep bond with his beloved Model-T becomes something far stranger than mere affection. As the years pass, the car seems to take on a life of its own, following its owner’s sister’s husband with eerie persistence—until, after Gregory’s passing, it vanishes in a final, dramatic act.

In a dusty frontier town where reputations are as fragile as a cowpoke’s hat, Lucky Jordan—known for his skill with horses but not so much with women—finds himself tangled in a web of mistaken intentions and a dangerous game of revenge. When Hank, a rival cowboy with a grudge, uses a woman named Katey to keep Lucky drunk and distracted, the consequences ripple far beyond the barroom brawl. Days later, strange symptoms emerge, and a haunting tune at a rodeo sends Lucky racing to a doctor—only to face a diagnosis that changes everything.

When Mike Holford tells bartender Eddie he’s done with shell picking, the arrival of oyster diver Rex Kingdom sparks a risky partnership: the two team up to dive for pearls aboard the Kingdom Come. As Rex descends into the deep, pulling up a prize-worthy pearl, a sudden shark attack leaves him shaken—only to uncover a betrayal buried in the salt-beef smeared on his ballast.