Ed Farraday loves the old rundown Farraday Mansion where he lives but bills are building up. He has a nightmare where he leaves his body, walks through a wall and then sees a bright light at which point he wakes up. A doctor at a local free hospital tells him that the dream represents wish fulfilment and the light is simply a rising sun. Ed has the dream again and when he wakes up decides to solve it. He goes to the wall and finds a secret panel. He enters a chamber and then sees a bright light which is a chest of treasure. Now Farraday Mansion looks better than it ever has before!

Reprints

from Unknown Worlds (American Comics Group, 1960 series) #26 (September 1963)

from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #95 (April 1958) [retitled]

Keywords

Nightmare; Treasure chest

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Those lights! They're blinding me! I'm losing control!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Glenn Parker; Olga Parker; Family doctor

Synopsis

Glenn Parker is driving home when two strange lights cause him to crash his car. The two lights are concerned that Glenn does not die. When Glenn wakes up he drives home. Over the following weeks Glenn is obsessed with building a strange machine. Olga is concerned about Glenn and calls the doctor who hypnotises Glenn. Glenn reveals that the machine is to give physical form to the lights who want to invade Earth. The doctor and Olga rush to the machine just as two aliens emerge. There is a brief fight and the aliens accidentally destroy the machine and disappear. The invasion is over.

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from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #72 (November 1958)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Richard Hughes
Pencils: George Klein
Inks: George Klein
Letters: ?

Genre

science fiction

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from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #87 (May-June 1960)

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It happened on a frosty, clear night---it started with a telephone message---

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

John W. Crane (Fire chief); Mr. Parkins

Synopsis

Chief Crane receives a phone call advising of a fire at 346 Elm. When the fire equipment arrives they find that someone is inside, old man Parkins. The firemen save Mr Parkins. Later, when they are making out the fire report, Crane asks Parkins if he knows anyone called Danny, as he made the call. Parkins tells Crane that Danny is his son and that he always looks after him. Crane wonders why Danny is not present and Crane says that his son died in 1942. Further attempts to trace the phone caller are unsuccessful.

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from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #72 (November 1958)

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Series Information

Table of Contents

0. Alien and Artist
1. Delinquent in Outer Space!
2. The Man Who Vanished
3. Lost Valley
4. Goddess of Fate!
5. Doubles, Inc.
6. Send Up M-14 to Welcome It!
7. The Benefactor
8. The Triumph of Harvey Meek!
9. Mystery of the Mist!
10. Dreams Come True!
11. The Strange Ones!
12. The Amazing Talent of Horace Frisbee!
13. Call in the Night

This issue was modified by, among others

Guy Budziak
Katy Hayhurst
Paul Robinson
Ramon Schenk
Richard Thomson

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Secrets of the Unknown #52

Alien and Artist (Table of Contents)

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Delinquent in Outer Space! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

The Man Who Vanished (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Lost Valley (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Goddess of Fate! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Doubles, Inc. (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Send Up M-14 to Welcome It! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

The Benefactor (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

The Triumph of Harvey Meek! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Mystery of the Mist! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Dreams Come True! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

The Strange Ones! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

The Amazing Talent of Horace Frisbee! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Call in the Night (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 1 page (report information)