Cover by Gene Colan.
"The Man Who Ran Away" (C-493) by Al Luster. 5 pages.
An inventor disdains mankind, and shuns the company of his colleagues, whom he considers intellectually inferior. When he perfects his time machine and ventures to the year 4024, he is met with skeptics who consign him to a treatment for lunatics.
Reprinted in Beware #3.
"Lost World" (8731) 2 pages, text only.
"The Screaming Man" (D-531) 4 pages.
A pair of horror story writers has hit a dry patch and look for inspiration, so rent a reportedly haunted house to gather inspiration. They get more than they bargain for.
Reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #4.
"The Big Story!" (C-556) 5 pages.
The small-time reporter is in a bind. He has told his son in journalism school that he is a big shot at the paper, and his son wants a copy of a big story from his dad to show his class. The reporter tries to stage a story to avoid failing his son, so derails a train. In a twist of fate, his son was on the train, bound to visit his dad.
Reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #4.
"Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble" (C-947) by Chuck Winter. 5 pages.
A liberal re-writing of Shakespear's MacBeth with supernatural overtones.
Reprinted in Dracula Lives #3 (in b&w).
"Pep Talk" (C-555) by Paul Reinman. 4 pages.
In a pep talk to the troops before a big battle the commander gives a history lesson on man's weaponry and to the pitiful place that it has brought them.