Creepy Worlds #190

In "The Return of Taboo!", the enigmatic and destructive entity known as Taboo returns from apparent demise, reshaping the world with his chaotic presence. As he wreaks havoc, a sudden arrival of others from his origin world upends everything, revealing a truth far more unsettling than conquest—Taboo is not a conqueror, but a fugitive from his own kind, driven by madness rather than mission.

In "The Strange Magic of Master Khan!", a ruthless pirate crew seizes the vessel of an enigmatic Asian sorcerer, unaware of the ancient curse that follows them. When the sorcerer’s wrath takes hold, the ship itself shrinks to fit inside a glass bottle, trapping the thieves in a tiny, sealed prison of their own making.

In "I Laughed at the Great God, Pan!", a man and his date visit a museum where he mocks the painting of Pan, only to be reprimanded by the guard. Later, his date notices his hair has fallen out and wonders why—unaware that, as they left, he glimpsed the guard walking down the hall with cloven hooves.

In "Am I the... Unhuman?", a scientist creates a robot indistinguishable from himself, seeding it with his own memories. When society bans all robots, the machine begins to question its own identity—believing it is the true human, and its creator the imitation.

In "I Was a Prisoner of the Living Statues!", a young woman discovers she’s trapped in a mansion where the seemingly inert wooden statues are anything but—each one concealing an alien infiltrator, frozen in place by the very varnish meant to preserve them. As she tries to escape, she realizes the statues aren’t just decorations—they’re prisoners too, and the truth behind their stillness is far more dangerous than she ever imagined.

In "It Walks By Night!", a man living in a world where robots are banned secretly constructs one, only to have it destroyed when his secret is exposed. Now, the man himself—disguised as a robot—flees into the night, hunted by those who fear what he has created.

In "I Dared to Defy Merlin's... Black Magic!", a skeptical American businessman dismisses a shopkeeper’s claim that one of his books is Merlin’s lost diary—until a sudden, chilling vision of the legendary wizard turns his hair white. Panicked, he flees the shop, leaving behind a book that may hold more power than any man should ever dare to read.

In "I Am the Man Who Will... Destroy Your World!", an immortal alien emperor arrives on Earth disguised as a human, tasked with deciding the fate of humanity. Impressed by the kindness he witnesses and drawn to a young woman he meets, he begins to question his mission—until he makes a choice that upends his entire existence.