Weird Fantasy #16

In "The Last City," Professor Farley's desperate attempt to shield Earth from atomic annihilation backfires when his machine creates an unyielding dome that traps the planet—and everyone on it—inside. With the U.S. government, military, and New York City's mayor scrambling to respond, the sudden isolation forces humanity to confront its own fragility, as alien invaders Cugo and Ivat watch from beyond the barrier, waiting.

When radio magnate Norman Network fears being eclipsed by television, he rallies scientist Dr. Litmus to prove the medium is more than just entertainment—claiming its rays are vanishing viewers into another dimension. With the help of the enigmatic Father Time and the skeptical Sheldon Frebish, the experiment takes a bizarre turn as the line between broadcast and reality begins to blur.

Dr. John Clayton, a brilliant scientist, has unlocked the secret to halting aging with a revolutionary hormone treatment—until his assistant, Betty Drake Clayton, confesses her feelings, complicating matters with her youth and his advanced years. When he experiments on himself, the results are unexpected, and his transformation leaves him in a most vulnerable state, clinging to the woman he once only saw as a colleague.

Don and Jerry, two rocketship pilots, take a bold leap beyond the solar system, pushing the limits of human exploration. What begins as a journey through a mysterious space-warp leads them to an enormous, inhabited star—only to reveal a staggering truth: they’ve returned to Earth, one million years in the future, after being quick-frozen in space.