Creepy Worlds #138

Captain Atom faces his most overwhelming challenge yet when Doctor Spectro unexpectedly splits into five separate, smaller versions of himself—each wielding a fraction of the original villain's deadly light-based powers. Now operating from a hidden space station constructed from salvaged satellites, the five Doctor Spectros systematically raid defense installations for rare materials they need to reunite, all while plotting revenge against the hero who thought he'd defeated them. Can Captain Atom stop five enemies at once, especially when they're coordinating their attacks to overwhelm his defenses?

In "The Nightmare Men," a tyrant haunted by nightly visions of masked figures bearing the word "justice" on their armbands finds his sleep shattered by their relentless approach. Though he always wakes before they can seize him, the dread lingers—until one morning, the guards discover he’s vanished, leaving them to wonder if the dream was real, and if justice finally caught up.

In "The Man Who Said 'No'," a man’s stubborn refusal to fund a scientist’s experimental work takes a terrifying turn when a lab accident leaves him shrunk to microscopic size—trapped in a world where every surface is a mountain and every danger is absolute. The story unfolds with chilling precision, exploring the consequences of a single, defiant choice.

In "Paid in Full!", a kind-hearted truck driver forms an unexpected bond with a lonely clerk who has no one. After the man’s sudden death, his ghost returns to warn the driver away from a bridge—just as a flash flood threatens to sweep it away.

Back in the late forties, UFO sightings swept across America—from private pilots to military installations at Fort Knox—but after an Air Force captain's encounter with a glowing object ends in disaster, the government clamps down on reports and the sightings mysteriously cease. Now, decades later, the mystery deepens: where did the flying saucers go, and are the aliens still among us in disguise? This paranoid puzzle challenges you to wonder whether your neighbor—or even you yourself—might be something far stranger than human.