Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #25
Joe Gill, Rocke Mastroserio and Bill Molno · PD
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This anthology of the uncanny collects four tales of cosmic irony and strange transformations where the familiar world is never what it seems. A timid man misses his chance at a new life in another dimension, a garden hose leads a stubborn homeowner into a subterranean mystery, and a professor’s time-travel party guest takes him on a one-way trip to the future. Finally, a wealthy family’s "ugly duckling" discovers he is actually a stranded alien awaiting rescue.
28 pages · 140 panels · every panel read aloud, every balloon voiced, with sound effects and soundscapes.
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How “Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #25” begins
Every balloon from the first pages, as it is read aloud:
Mysteries of unexplored worlds
He invented the machine… But could he control it? "dr. Dimon's surprise"
The pattern
The big fat man, whom eddie knew as mr. Xerces, talked on! After awhile eddie stopped listening! He couldn't listen because of the fears that began to shout inside him! He clutched his suitcase tightly. He was going to another world to get a new start… An unknown world…
My friends, you are about to be transported to another world that exists in another dimension of time! There you will start a new life!
Eddie tried to push the fear away! He tried to concentrate on the big man's voice, but that didn't work…
Then he ran his mind back to the past! He remembered all the things that had happened leading up to this…
Got to think back… Occupy my mind so i won't get panicky!
He went back even before mr. Xerces… Back to madge…
'night, madge!
'night, eddie!
Darn it, why didn't i kiss her? I know i could've! I… I was scared to kiss her! I love her and i know she loves me… And i'm afraid to kiss her!
That had been the theme of eddie's life… Fear! Not big fears, not psychotic fearfulness, just little fears in the things that pertain to everyday life…
Hi, madge! I… I was wondering if you were free tonight? Oh, sure… I understand! Well, maybe some other time…
Sure, he'd lost her to another guy! Eddie had been afraid to ask her to marry him! Why? He never could quite figure out! Anyway, he'd lost her…
I'm crazy about her, always will be, and she loved me! But… But now i've lost her for good! I… I'd like to kick myself!
He never rose above the crowd, eddie didn't! He sold insurance and his sales record was average… And you see, this policy will give you an income during those years when you'll need it most!