Weird Planets #9

In "Beware of the Giants!", a village elder shares tales of towering giants with a group of wide-eyed children, his warnings met with laughter by the adults. Though dismissed as mad, the final panel hints at a surprising truth—his home is a hidden leprechaun village, and the giants he speaks of may be more real than anyone believes.

In "Guardian of the Stars!", a lone robot named Bruko is assigned to man a remote space lighthouse, doubted by those who question whether a machine can truly serve as a guardian. When a rogue force threatens to destroy the station and lure a passing ship into a deadly asteroid field, Bruko makes a final, desperate choice to protect the vessel—sacrificing the station to send a warning that will save lives.

In "Death Waits Below!", a white man’s sudden parachute descent into an African village sparks awe and superstition among the locals, who believe he’s a bird-god returned from the sky. Taken to a cliff’s edge, he’s expected to leap and fly, testing the limits of their faith and the mystery of his arrival.

In "Fade-Out!", a man’s obsession leads him to use a time machine to sabotage his cousin’s engagement, planting a photo at a future crime scene to frame him. When he returns to the present, he’s stunned to find the woman he desires has turned away from her fiancé—only to confess her feelings for him.

In "Back to the Lost City!", two men awaken in a hospital after a mysterious desert mirage leaves them disoriented and weak. As one recovers first, he discovers a necklace of glass emeralds on the bedside table—leading him to believe the mirage was no illusion, but a real, forgotten city waiting to be found. The other man, still unconscious, remains unaware of the strange treasure left behind.

In "Beware the Eyes of Arch!", a seemingly ordinary cleaning lady pulls a clever prank on a man convinced he’s inherited Medusa’s petrifying gaze—by placing a stone canary in his birdcage. When he believes his glance has turned the bird to stone, his mind spirals into delusion, driving him to attempt a bank robbery fueled by his mistaken power. The story unfolds with eerie tension, blending psychological unease and dark humor in a chilling tale of perception and paranoia.

In "The Brain Picker!", a man exposed to radiation from an H-bomb gains terrifying telepathic powers, using them to amass wealth and seize control of the world. With his mind reading abilities, he seems invincible—until a determined opponent devises a shocking counter, building a machine immune to mental intrusion.

In "Mother Knows Best," a young girl questions her mother’s tale that the man in the moon controls the tides—until a comet shatters the moon and the seas fall still. Years later, now a mother herself, she tries to share the story with her daughter, only to be met with a quiet, knowing reply that echoes across time.