Weird Fantasy #19

In "King of the Grey Spaces!", two boys dream of space travel after watching a rocket launch, their youthful longing turning into a lifelong commitment when they apply to the Interplanetary Patrol. Years later, Chris receives a startling message that upends everything he thought he knew, pulling him into a journey far beyond the stars he once only imagined.

In "Hot-Rod!", Amos and Sally are driving by a lake when a mysterious stranger leaps onto their car and leaves a strange package in the back seat. When Amos later opens it, he finds a device marked with a future date—May 15, 2053—and a strange trans-dimensional transporter. Thinking it’s a high-tech upgrade for his hot-rod, he installs it, only to discover it lets him teleport with a burst of speed. As he tests its limits, his reckless plans take an unexpected turn, sending him hurtling far beyond Earth—right into the red dust of Mars.

In "Brain-Child!", a lone colonel pilots a sentient spaceship born from an electronic brain, designed to fight Earth’s war with Venus with cold precision. As the vessel drifts through the void, it begins to feel—emotion creeping in where logic once ruled. When the colonel dies in battle, the ship, now haunted by loss and fury, sets course for vengeance, driven by a new, unasked-for heart.

In "Time For a Change!", a group of space pilots land on Pluto and stumble upon a massive statue of a reptilian creature. What begins as a strange discovery turns uneasy when they notice the statue has shifted—just slightly—then begins to move. As they flee back to their ship, they realize time itself behaves differently on the planet, and their perception of speed has been irrevocably altered. Now, even after returning to Earth, they find themselves trapped in a world that sees them as frozen, moving at a pace beyond human understanding.