Creepy Worlds #129

In October 1958, seven elite military pilots are selected for Project Mercury, NASA's ambitious program to put a man in space. Through grueling training—from zero-gravity flights and multi-axis spin tests to survival drills and rocket science—Commander Alan B. Shepard and his fellow candidates push themselves to the absolute limit, knowing that only one will make the historic first flight. As the launch date approaches in May 1961, Shepard emerges as the chosen pilot, ready to become America's first man in space.

A movie producer's publicity stunt spirals out of control when Felix Catte, an ace promotion man, borrows a monster costume to stage a sensational beach hoax—only to find that his manufactured terror has real consequences he never anticipated. As Catte escalates his schemes to keep the headlines coming, the scientist whose research inspired the film and those around him grow increasingly desperate to stop him, but the box office appeal of fear proves hard to resist. When the line between costume and creature blurs in ways Catte didn't plan, he discovers that some monsters are all too real.

In a New England house, Amy Rector made a vow that her unfaithful love would never forget her—one she promises to keep eternally. As the legend of Amy's ghostly presence takes root across generations, new inhabitants discover that some promises are far too powerful to break, no matter how brave they believe themselves to be.