Tales of the Unexpected #4

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Seven Steps to the Unknown

A millionaire by the name of Chester Combs is opening his mail when he hears a ticking sound. He runs and flees from his mansion just as the package explodes. That evening, a hobo named Joe Smith is camped by the railroad yard when gun shots erupt and Smith flees for his life. The next victim is a blind man named Benny who narrowly escapes being run over by a car as he crosses the street. Meanwhile at police headquarters, detective Emmet Saunders launches an investigation into this deadly crime spree. He points out that the men had no connection with each other and did not have a common bond yet they seemed to be targeted by the same killer. The scene then switches to a state prison where a convict named Zara is pleading with the warden to listen. Zara proclaims that he has experienced visions that tell him who will be targeted next by the murderous killer. He announces that an insane man will attack former convict Marty Kirk. Later that night the warden watches tv as the news anchor announces an attack on Marty Kirk by a madman that hurled a heavy weight at him. The warden notifies the police of Zara's vision. Detective Saunders interviews Zara when he announces that he is having another vision. This time he sees an attack on a famous English surgeon John Charlton. The police rush to the hospital where they find Charlton recovering from an attack but the assailant is nowhere to be found. The police interview all the victims at police headquarters but they are unable to establish a common bond and the victims do not know each other. In the meantime Zara bargains with the police for a full pardon in e change for further information. He informs the police of one more victim. He announces that judge Moore is in danger. The police rush to the judges side as detective Saunders mentions his intent to look into Zara's police file a bit closer. Hours later Saunders learns that the judges home was riddled with bullets. Saunders then announces that he has found a lead but that he needs to speak the Tv station that televises a show known as Guess. A short time later Saunders phones another detective to rush to the baseball stadium to protect a player by the name of Jim Doyle who plays for the team known as the Indian Chiefs. He also instructs detectives to be on the lookout for a one armed man at the stadium. The police locate the one armed man at the stadium and take him into custody. Later that day Saunders reveals his findings. He states that Zara was the only man aware of the common bond between the victims. It turns out that the producer of the Guess gameshow named Roy Conway always consulted with Zara on show gimmicks. Conway had loaded seven secret guests on an airplane but the plane crashed. Conway was killed but the seven mystery guests survived. The pilot of the plane turned out to be the one armed man who blamed the seven survivors for the loss of his arm. It was he that knew the identity of all seven victims and tried to systematically kill each one. Zara was also aware of the victims and had surmised that the pilot was out for revenge. The common bond between all the victims turned out to be that they were all scheduled to appear on the game show Guess and the contestant that could guess their common bond would win $100,000. The common bond was a child's riddle, Rich man, poor man, beggar man,thief...Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief.

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Creative credits

Interior art: Will Ely, Sheldon Moldoff, Leonard Starr

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