Creepy Worlds #158

In "The Half Men," three broken men set out to prove themselves by constructing a submarine capable of boring through bedrock, testing it beneath the ocean floor. There, they stumble upon a hidden civilization of sorcerers exiled from the surface world, whose ancient magic offers a chance at redemption.

In "Menace Below!", Karlin is shown off a new U.S. underwater device—kept secret from him despite his access to other weapons. Drawn by curiosity, he returns at night in a diving suit to investigate, unaware the device is a deadly anti-frog man mine designed to detonate at the slightest contact.

In "The Lead-Lined Box!", Hans delivers a mysterious infant wrapped in a lead-lined box to Hugo, who places it beneath his memory-visualizer in a desperate bid to prove newborns carry innate purity. What unfolds instead are visions of humanity’s deepest hatreds—images that unsettle Hugo to his core. As he shatters his machine in silence, the truth remains hidden: the child in the box is not human, but a newborn puppy.

In "The Brain Trap!", Harry’s accidental invention of a hair growth formula quickly spirals when he seeks a business partner—only to realize too late that the formula has awakened unexpected telepathic powers in him. Now hunted by Bolton, who sees Harry as a threat, the sudden mind-to-mind connection becomes Harry’s only lifeline as he fights to survive.

In "Hiding Place," Morton becomes obsessed with the strange images appearing on his new camera’s infra-red film—shadows of alien men he can’t see with his eyes. As he investigates, he begins to suspect the truth isn’t in the film, but inside the camera itself, where something small and unseen might be hiding.

In "When the Creature Escapes," a captured sea creature, capable of telepathic communication, finds itself at an atomic testing facility where the scientist who brought it there sees only threat. As the creature breaks free, the man pursues it with a gun, driven by fear and suspicion—until the truth behind its actions begins to unravel.