Weird Fantasy #10

In "The Secret of Saturn's Ring!", a rocket crew arrives at Saturn’s ring of moonlets, where Stinton and Gentry are sent to investigate one up close. When they vanish after eight hours, Commander Maxwell orders a moonlet brought aboard—only to discover it’s not rock, but a living spore.

In "A Timely Shock!", a man on vacation stumbles upon a mysterious crystal that sends him hurtling into the future when struck by lightning. There, he’s welcomed by a beautiful woman who offers him marriage—only to reveal her surprising tradition of having multiple husbands, leaving him both intrigued and unsettled by the future’s unexpected customs.

In the shadow of nuclear testing, a group of survivors from the Eniwetok explosion confront a chilling revelation: their children, born a year later, are not like any others. These young mutants possess adult intelligence and rapidly developing abilities that set them apart—so much so that the adults fear what might come next.

In the stark silence of a forgotten planet, a stranded crew faces starvation as their ship’s reactor lies dormant and the local food is deadly. With rations gone and desperation rising, the captain makes a choice that defies reason—offering his men a meal he claims is safe. As they eat, the truth of his lie begins to unravel, but it’s too late. The captain’s final act, born of a desperate moral line, hangs in the air as the ship’s power flickers back to life—just as the last of them succumb.