Sinister Tales #79

Jo, a clever but shady operator, starts a peculiar business: sending invoices to the recently deceased, banking on grieving widows paying up to close the matter. His scheme takes a bizarre turn when one of his "clients" returns—not as a ghost, but as a Martian who’s been living inside a human body all along. The Martian’s quiet arrival puts an end to Jo’s scam, with no need for words.

When an explorer awakens the ancient Sphinx—only to discover it’s a dormant robot warrior named Shagg—his moment of discovery spirals into chaos. After Shagg’s violent rampage, the machine erases all memory of the event and retreats back into hibernation, leaving only the explorer’s journal as proof.

In "I Learned the Monsterous Secret of Bombu," a group of explorers encounter the enigmatic witch doctor Bombu, whose eerie presence and uncanny abilities hint at something far beyond human understanding. When he’s struck down by lightning, the truth beneath his mask reveals a shocking reality—Bombu was no earthly man, but something otherworldly.