Creepy Worlds #76

Captain Atom faces an impossible choice when a rogue planetoid hurtles toward Earth on a collision course—and the only force powerful enough to stop it may fall into the hands of the tyrant Drako, who schemes to harness the hero's atomic powers for his own world-conquering ambitions. With the fate of two worlds hanging in the balance, Captain Atom must race against time to avert catastrophe while evading those who would weaponize his incredible abilities. This high-stakes cosmic clash pits superhuman power against ruthless ambition in a battle for survival itself.

A diamond prospector named Jack Parker falls into a cave in South African diamond country and awakens to find himself cared for by Tasho, an intelligent and unusually compassionate baboon who nurses him back to health. As Parker's ankle heals and he prepares to return to his wife, he discovers that Tasho has grown too attached to let him leave—and the lonely creature will stop at nothing to keep his newfound companion. A haunting tale of friendship and sacrifice in the wild, where the line between gratitude and possession becomes dangerously thin.

In "The Things in the Window," Cal takes a lonely rental in a remote house, drawn to its quiet isolation—until he notices one window that swallows all light. When he climbs through it, he stumbles into a warped, dreamlike realm where he finds the missing tenant, trapped between worlds, and must guide her back before shadowy, mist-like entities catch them both. The story unfolds in chilling stillness, where every shadow feels alive and every choice could be a trap.

In "The Dreadful Dream," Frank Beech wakes from a harrowing vision of a train wreck—only to live it again the next morning, only to wake once more, unsure if he’s truly awake. The line between nightmare and reality blurs as he grapples with a chilling repetition that leaves him questioning what’s real.

In "The Forbidden Land," a team from World View magazine ventures into the Peruvian highlands to document an ancient tribal ritual, only to find their presence met with resistance. Back in the city, the men return to find their world subtly, unsettlingly changed—what they witnessed may not have been the truth they thought.

In the heart of wartime Africa, Sgt. Lee Forest—known to his comrades as "Yellow Eyes" for his striking gaze and feline grace—recounts a debt long overdue. Years after a fateful rescue, he answers a call from the wild when his savior is in peril, stepping from the jungle not as a man, but as a force of nature. The past and the present collide in this haunting, brief tale of loyalty and the line between man and beast.

From the formation of Earth out of primeval cosmic dust through billions of years of geological upheaval, this illustrated science primer traces our planet's dramatic journey—from a molten, airless hellscape wracked by endless rains to the comparatively stable world we inhabit today. The story sweeps across deep time to explore Earth's layered structure, how its oceans came to be, and the slow processes of erosion and change that continue to reshape our world even now. It's a grand tour of planetary science that culminates in a sobering (but oddly comforting) look at Earth's ultimate fate.

When conman Judd Kerr strolls into Abbyville claiming an alien hides among them, he quickly learns the town’s secrets run deeper than he ever imagined—especially when the locals seem more than willing to believe him. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling four-page tale turns a simple scam into something far more unsettling.