Creepy Worlds #137

When a mysterious planetoid from beyond the solar system hurtles toward Earth on a collision course, Captain Atom—the atom-powered superhero born from an atomic blast—races against time to prevent catastrophe. But stopping the planetary death knell proves far more complex than raw power alone, as sinister forces emerge with their own designs for the cosmic threat. In this action-packed tale, Captain Atom must confront impossible odds to save not one world, but two.

In "The Things in the Window," Cal takes a lonely rental in a house haunted by silence and a single window that swallows light. When he climbs through it, he stumbles into a hidden dimension where he finds the missing tenant—and together, they flee from shadowy, mist-like beings. The story’s eerie atmosphere and sudden shift between worlds make it a standout in the Creepy Worlds anthology.

In "The Forbidden Land," a team from World View magazine journeys to Peru to document an ancient tribal ritual, only to find their mission unraveling in unsettling ways upon returning to the city. The story unfolds with quiet dread as the line between observation and intrusion blurs, leaving the team—and readers—questioning what truly happened in the jungle.

A young boy named Tommy Mason meets a mysterious stranger who grants him extraordinary power—the ability to make anything he wishes come true. As Tommy revels in his newfound abilities, bending reality to his whims, he remains haunted by the stranger's cryptic warning: there's one act that will strip him of his power forever, though the man refuses to say what it is. Watch as Tommy's unchecked desires lead him down an increasingly dangerous path in this 1973 fantasy tale from Creepy Worlds.

This illustrated science lesson traces Earth's formation from a primeval cloud of cosmic dust through billions of years of cooling, contraction, and the dramatic rains that carved our oceans, then projects the planet's fate across eons to come. From molten chaos to the world we know today, the story maps how our planet took shape and hints at what the distant future may hold.

In "Let the Creature Beware!" from Creepy Worlds #137, conman Judd Kerr stirs up trouble in the quiet town of Abbyville by spinning a tale of an alien among them—only to find himself on the wrong side of fear when the townspeople’s belief turns terrifyingly real.