Unusual Tales - The Elixir

"Unusual Tales", a series presenting Steve Ditko's comics from 1957 to 1959 that are in the public domain.

"The Elixir" is a 5-page story from Charlton's STRANGE SUSPENSE STORIES #36 [1958], featuring an old traveling salesman who comes across some friendly aliens while seeking shelter from a storm. Very unusual ending to the story, quite cynical and not at all what you'd expect.

But before the story, some links:

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Scans in this series generally adapted to my personal tastes from those copies

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