Creepy Worlds #62

A massive eye orbits Earth, and when Commander Carew's space vessel is pulled inexorably toward it, he and his crew become captives of an alien intelligence that controls minds with terrifying ease. The beings inside the eye claim they come in peace and promise to show Carew wonders beyond imagination before sending him home with a message for all of humanity—but their true intentions remain shrouded in mystery.

Magicman ventures into the past to seek counsel from Merlin, only to discover the legendary wizard is grappling with a mystery eerily similar to his own: a magical robbery. As the two team up, Magicman uncovers a shocking connection to his own father, the enigmatic wizard Cagliostro, whose actions in a bygone era may hold the key to resolving the present-day crisis.

In "The Dragon's Roar!", a communist general enforces his decree with brutal theater, turning a festive parade into a deadly spectacle by deploying a dragon-shaped float armed with machine guns. When the mock monster reaches the heart of the celebration, a real dragon emerges—unseen by the soldiers—its arrival turning the tide in a moment of shocking, unexpected vengeance.

In the quiet aftermath of war, scientist Lenore Mills channels her grief into groundbreaking work, rising to fame with a revolutionary rocket fuel and joining a deep-space mission. When a chameleon-like alien mimics her late fiancé Jim—his face, his voice, even his mannerisms—Lenore must confront a haunting presence that feels terrifyingly real, even as it defends her and her crew from a greater threat.

A modern cowboy named Ed Morris takes a dangerous shortcut across a rickety bridge and plunges into quicksand—only to be rescued by a mysterious stranger with a withered arm who vanishes the moment Ed looks away. When Ed tries to tell the ranch hands what happened, his story strains belief, but the truth of his encounter may be far stranger than anyone imagines.

In "Man of Mystery!", a determined criminologist races to unravel the pattern of a centuries-old killer who strikes London every hundred years, leaving behind only a cryptic tattoo of a sun and a cat’s head on his hand. As the trail winds through history, the detective pieces together the chilling truth behind the figure’s relentless cycle—uncovering a dark secret tied to a wizard’s fate in the 15th century.

Ivory hunters Blinky Corbin and Lew Bolden scheme their way into forcing Chief Nwalgi to hand over a map to the legendary elephants' graveyard deep in the African jungle—but Nwalgi's parting words carry an ominous weight. As the two men push deeper into the tangled wilderness, following an aging bull elephant toward its final resting place, they find themselves stalked by one of the chief's warriors, determined to keep them from the cave that holds the graveyard's secrets.