Told today, he probably would've ended up on her Crocs, which might not be a dealbreaker.

 

I was mildly surprised that McDonald's was having a Happy Meal Crocs toy, since Deadpool ruined those for me. The Youngest had a pair, with some of those little Jibbitz shoe charms; click that link and wreck your targeted ads for this month! But, we're going to look at some older-school charms, in today's book! From 1976, the Twilight Zone #73, featuring "A Charmed Life!" Art by Jack Sparling. Cover by George Wilson.

I really want to go to another YouTube link already, the William S. Burroughs/Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy number "Words of Advice for Young People." Namely, because even the GCD summary is like "has a deal with the devil ever worked?" A mobster makes a deal with a dame of a devil, noticing her charm bracelet of famous sellouts--er, celebrities, including a judge. He does lead the proverbial charmed life for a bit, as his enemies can't even kill him when he's right there; but the devil calls in her marker, and asks him to take a fall, to give a boost to an ambitious lawyer who could be governor or better someday. The mobster refuses, although he tries to change his tune after he shrinks down, becoming another charm in the devil's bracelet.

"Premonition" maybe feels closer to a classic episode: returning home on a hot and humid night, a professor is shocked to see himself leaving his house! He gives chase, but then realizes no one else seems to see him. Panicked, he makes his way to a friend's house, and is relieved to be seen there. He stays the night, and after a massive thunderstorm, the professor and his friend return to his house, to find his bedroom destroyed by lightning!

Rod Serling seems thrilled to intro the next one, "The Missing Link," wherein an anthropologist claims to have found evidence of the missing link, but then gets caught in a storm and lost without supplies. He manages to survive, but seemingly becomes his "missing link," and comes to a bit of a non sequitur ending. Finally, in "The Last Voyage" a couple of pirates direct from central casting sabotage their vessel before they jump ship, but get lost in a fog before they can make land. Yeah, that's not gonna go well.

Bonus: another Hulk Hostess ad! A magician turns into a giant frog and terrorizes the city, which is somehow the Hulk's problem. Still, it features a better mayor than Eric Adams!