Creepy Worlds #124

Frank Masters, a renowned underwater photographer, discovers something impossible in the coral seas off Tarawa—a colossal clam shell that opens to reveal an inhabited undersea city and its mysterious inhabitants. Racing to capture proof on film before his sanity (or credibility) slips away, Masters documents every stunning detail, trusting only his camera to verify what his eyes refuse to believe. Will his photographs prove the truth of his extraordinary discovery, or will the world dismiss him as mad?

A boy named Hal witnesses something inexplicable at a seaside resort during a family vacation—his parents vanish into a wall, taken by the mysterious "green people" locals warn about in hushed tones. Twenty years later, armed with knowledge he's uncovered in an ancient abbey text, Hal returns to Plandome during the fated season, resolved to confront the beings who stole his family and finally learn the truth about their disappearance.

When a patient with a life-threatening cerebral thrombosis arrives at the hospital, neurosurgeon Dr. George Bethel must brave a thick fog rolling across the North Atlantic to perform an emergency operation—and the only way off his isolated island is a sea taxi run by Joe Cardwell, who seems disturbingly disconnected from the moment he picks up the doctor. As the launch cuts through the mist, Dr. Bethel finds his pilot's strange behavior increasingly unsettling, unaware that an eerie chain of supernatural events has already been set in motion.

An agricultural student named Gusty Larson spots what he believes is a flying saucer in the night sky, but his friends dismiss his account as another tall tale—until the object returns and he's mysteriously drawn aboard. When the craft's alien crew returns him to Earth hours later, Gusty finds his memory of the encounter strangely blank, though a peculiar detail suggests something genuinely happened. This playful science fiction tale captures the spirit of 1950s UFO lore with a twist that lingers just beyond his reach.

In "The Picture That Was Cursed!" from Creepy Worlds #124, David Fieldston takes over a film set haunted by the lingering presence of Lucy Manton, the murdered wife of the late director Mark Manton. As the camera rolls and the reels spin, David begins to suspect that the truth behind the film’s curse runs deeper than a simple ghost story.

Old Elihu Pokesworth, the relentless head of the Bureau of Inspection, shows up unannounced to inspect a construction site run by the corrupt Glenn W. Armister—and his surprise visit triggers a catastrophic collapse. When the terrified builders hide the evidence and Pokesworth vanishes, the authorities close in on Armister for manslaughter, but their case unravels in the strangest way imaginable. A supernatural mystery unfolds as the truth about Pokesworth's fate refuses to stay buried.