Creepy Worlds #70

When war correspondent Johnny Mann dares to question the gods themselves on Mount Olympus, he finds himself on trial before Jupiter and the assembled immortals—with Vulcan arguing for mercy and Mars demanding blood. Impressed by Mann's courage in battle and his moral conviction, Vulcan offers him a bold alternative to death: divine powers to become his champion against evil on Earth. But as Johnny Mann learns, godly gifts come with limits and strings attached.

When the legendary Giant Gladiator mysteriously returns to the island of Cyprete, its divided peoples—the Preteons and the Cyclates—descend into bloody conflict, each desperate to earn his favor and rule. Son of Vulcan infiltrates the island as the reporter Johnny Mann to uncover the truth, only to discover that the Giant Gladiator is actually the sinister Dr. Kong, who has orchestrated the chaos to conquer the land for himself. Now transformed back into his true heroic self, Son of Vulcan must stop Kong's scheme before the two factions destroy each other in the Colosseum.

In "I Was Captured by the Cyclops!", Mr. Sloane finds himself suddenly plunged into the world of Sinbad, living out the legendary hero’s perilous encounter with a fearsome cyclops. Though he believes it was all a vivid dream, the weight of a strange jewel in his hand suggests the adventure may have been more real than he thought.

A crippled American Flying Fortress nicknamed "The Thunderbird" limps home from a bombing raid over Tripoli with two engines gone and her crew fighting off waves of enemy fighters while nursing the damaged bomber through treacherous mountain passes. With fuel running critically low and her landing gear compromised, the ten-man crew must coax their battered ship across four hundred remaining miles to make it back to base. It's a tale of grit and determination that proves why the Flying Fortress earned its fearsome reputation.

In "I Am the Man Without a Face!", Rufus Watkins finds himself trapped beneath a black hood he can never remove after cursing a group of gypsies. What begins as a moment of petty cruelty spirals into a haunting, inescapable punishment, turning his own bigotry into a living nightmare.