Tomb of Darkness #21

In "The Day before Doomsday!", a disillusioned American scientist flees to the USSR, helping construct a massive dome meant to shield Soviet leaders from an impending nuclear strike—only for the truth to unfold in a twist that redefines the very purpose of the shelter. The story unfolds with tense, cold-war urgency, blending science fiction dread with a chilling moral ambiguity.

In "Five Fingers," a clever pickpocket uses a wax hand to shield his real one during his crimes—until he targets the wrong man. When the victim feels his wallet vanish and vows to punish the thief by crushing his hand, the thief shifts his real hand away, letting the wax hand take the punishment. But the wax hand, left with a grudge, doesn’t stay still for long. On a train, it seizes a cop’s gun and turns it on the officer’s partner—leading to a deadly end.

In a chilling tale from *Tomb of Darkness #21*, a desperate scientist grapples with the horrifying consequences of his own invention when his daughter pleads with him to reattach the head of an executed man she claims to love. Bound by her plea, he performs the gruesome procedure—only to discover that the killer’s head, once restored, is upside down, and something far more sinister stirs beneath the surface.