Creepy Worlds #115

Captain Midnight's inventor alter ego, Captain Albright, is called to the White House with an urgent mission: a fellow American freedom fighter named Don Vereo has been imprisoned by the dictator Shido of Empyria and faces execution. When Midnight arrives to negotiate Vereo's release, Shido pulls an unexpected twist—he abdicates and crowns Midnight the new dictator instead, hoping to trap him with the throne's burdens. Now Midnight must find a way to free Vereo, restore democracy, and navigate a brewing war with the neighboring nation of Briscany, all while refusing to become the very tyrant he despises.

When young Johnny Simms receives a puppy named Paint for his fourth birthday on a New England beach, the boy and dog form an instant bond—one that becomes lifesaving when Johnny nearly drowns and Paint drags him to safety. Years later, grown and reluctant to own another dog, Johnny watches his own son face a similar peril in the same waters, only to be rescued by a mysterious canine visitor with a distinctive spot on its head. A touching tale of loyalty that blurs the line between coincidence and something far more extraordinary.

Marooned on a distant planetoid after being deliberately abandoned by his partner Bull Brogan, Mike Dane must use his wits to survive—building a distress signal from salvage and enduring months in the frozen void until rescue arrives. When Dane returns to Earth seeking justice, he finds Brogan well-protected and his story disputed, but an unexpected ally from the Inter-Planetary Mining Authority offers him a second chance: lead an expedition to find the legendary metal Energium, fuel of the future. As Dane's search takes him across the solar system, Brogan watches from the shadows, waiting to profit from whatever fortune his former partner might uncover.