Creepy Worlds #131

In "The Black Knight Strikes!" from Creepy Worlds #131, Professor Garrett, exiled after being framed for treason by Giant-Man, transforms himself in secret—splicing the genes of horses and eagles to forge a winged steed and crafting a deadly lance. Returning as the Black Knight, he rides vengeance across Europe, only to be defeated by Giant-Man—though not before vanishing into the shadows, leaving his next move unknown.

In this eerie Alaskan tale, hunter Jim Wells recounts to fellow club member Carter how he and his wife Mary encountered a massive bear during a hunting expedition in Kodiak country—one that seemed to follow an ancient curse. When a terrified local guide reveals the legend of a spirit trapped in animal form, Wells and Mary find themselves drawn into a supernatural mystery that demands they unearth long-buried bones and perform a burial ritual. What unfolds is a haunting journey through the forest that tests whether the old folk-tale holds any truth.

When composer Roger Harley is found dead in his apartment, his nearly finished symphony appears as incomplete as ever—until Mr. Trommers, keeping vigil through the night, discovers something impossible the next morning. The manuscript has been completed, its final bars still wet with fresh ink, and the dead composer's fingers bear traces of the work he could not have done.

Major Rauss blasts off on a lunar mission that goes catastrophically wrong, sending his spacecraft hurtling past the Moon and far beyond Earth's galaxy. When he finally makes contact with an alien civilization on a distant world, the Neos offer him an unexpected welcome—though their intentions remain far from clear. This taut science fiction tale captures the hubris and peril of mankind's early space race ambitions.

Commander Jason Baron's ship crashes on Cobalite soil during the final battle of an interstellar war, only to find himself captured by the enemy and brought before their courts—charged with the crime of being human itself. As Baron struggles to convince himself the surreal trial is nothing but a nightmare, the line between dream and reality grows terrifyingly thin. This 1972 science fiction tale explores what happens when a soldier confronts judgment not for his actions, but for his very existence.

In 17th-century Europe, the enigmatic Dr. Taligari dazzles royal courts with impossible feats—transmuting stone into gold, healing the sick, and defying age itself, his servant hinting the doctor has walked the earth for millennia. When superstitious townsfolk, convinced Taligari practices witchcraft, set his residence ablaze, the mysterious physician vanishes without a trace, leaving behind only questions about whether he was sorcerer or sage.