Creepy Worlds #243

In "The Jaguar's Future Wife!", Tola chooses the Jaguar as her husband and uses alien technology to capture him, setting off a fierce rivalry when Cat Girl intervenes—insisting she’s the only one worthy to wed him. The story unfolds with high stakes and feline flair, blending sci-fi intrigue with a clash of wills.

Jo, a fugitive hiding in a wax museum, hears a record playing on its own—no one else is there. When the curator discovers the phonogram, the only ones who could have turned it on are the silent statues themselves.

In "Champion of the Doomed!", the Jaguar steps into the legendary role of Hercules, undertaking a grueling trial of twelve impossible tasks to save a thousand Athenians condemned to death. With mythic stakes and relentless determination, he faces trials that test not just strength, but the very heart of what it means to be a hero.

Jo stumbles into a world that shouldn’t exist, drawn by a time machine that aged its inventor decades—only to reveal a future so wondrous it erased his mind to keep its secrets. Written by a mysterious hand and illustrated with dazzling precision, this eight-page journey through impossible landscapes feels like a forgotten dream from a science fiction golden age.

In "The Hands of Time!" from Creepy Worlds #243 (1988), a fugitive steals a mysterious clock that rewinds time, using it to reclaim his youth and attempt the perfect crime—escaping his past by erasing it entirely. But when the clock shatters, the past he tried to escape catches up with him in a way he never expected.

In "The Death-Ray From Space!", the Jaguar stumbles into another dimension while searching for a lost satellite, only to be captured by alien forces. After an alien frees him and offers a mysterious healing ray—unbeknownst to him, deadly under Earth's conditions—he must confront a mad alien to save the alien ruler, ultimately reclaiming the satellite and returning home.

In "The Unhuman," Dr. Hugh Taylor finds himself unraveling a mystery as cryptic notes—each bearing perfect solutions to the crises plaguing Project Satellite—begin appearing on his desk. With only three colleagues to consider, he starts questioning who among them might be the next stage in human evolution: a being of unmatched intellect, hiding in plain sight.

In "Among the Missing!", a prospector returns from the desert with a tale of a lost city made of marble and gold, only to be dismissed as delusional by the man who once staked his expedition. When photographic proof finally convinces his skeptical companion, the man abandons everything to search the wilds for the prospector and the fabled city—driven by a belief that defies reason.

In "The 13th Floor!", Hugh Carter, a man burdened by a failing heart, struggles to care for his ailing wife, doing whatever he can to give her a better life. When his office elevator inexplicably stops at the 13th floor, he meets a figure who claims to be Death—offering him a chance to return to his wife, but only if he accepts thirty more years of life. As he descends, he sees her riding up, and the truth begins to unfold.

In "Out of the Pits," miner Conn Landrum is pulled from the depths by Launa, a woman from a hidden underground society, and faces a choice that will define his future—stay in the mysterious world beneath the surface or return to the life he once knew.