Spellbound #25

In "I Dared to Battle...Rorgg, King of the Spider-Men!!", a boy in a small New Mexico town finds himself the only one who can stand against a terrifying spider-like alien menace. When fear grips the town and no weapon seems to work, he turns to the power of imagination—inspired by the very science-fiction comics he loves—to outwit the invader with a surprising, spray-can solution.

In "I Was Captured by...Korilla!", a desperate cab driver stumbles upon a secret alien plot to invade Earth—only to find no one will believe him. When the authorities dismiss his warnings, he’s forced to take matters into his own hands, racing against time to stop the extraterrestrial scheme before it’s too late.

In "I Found Rro...The Thing from the Bottomless Pit!", a team drilling toward the Earth’s core accidentally awakens Rro, a creature of ancient origin believed to be a dragon. As the expedition reacts with fear and violence, the being retreats into the depths—only for the survivors to later realize too late that it was neither monstrous nor mindless, but a being of intelligence and peace.

In the parched lands of Yucatán, a desperate famine threatens to consume the people. When agricultural scientist Barry Paxton meets Mayan princess Janva, their unlikely alliance leads them on a perilous journey through time—uncovering hidden grain stores and a long-buried betrayal by the treacherous king Tolextl.

In "Goliath! The Monster That...Walked Like a Man!", a clever advertising man outsmarts an Atlantean advance agent by constructing a towering mannequin larger than the legendary Goliath, using the threat of war to force the alien emissary back to the submerged kingdom. With wit and theatrical flair, he turns the tide of an impending invasion through a bold bluff, proving that sometimes the most powerful weapon is not strength—but strategy.

In the heart of Borneo’s uncharted jungles, an expedition stumbles upon a creature that defies explanation—neither fully ape nor man, but something older, wilder. When the beast is first met with fear and aggression, it soon turns its fury on a lurking dinosaur, revealing a loyalty to its kind that shatters expectations.