Creepy Worlds #118

Ronald Lear, a physicist disillusioned by the atomic bomb’s legacy, finds himself trapped in a Soviet-controlled laboratory under the guise of collaboration. As his colleagues grow increasingly depressed and vanish without explanation, Lear begins to suspect a deeper deception—until a sudden, dramatic escape attempt leaves behind a cryptic, chemically treated letter that upends everything.

Captain Carveth, a human pilot from Earth, lands on Mars believing it to be a dead world, only to encounter a Venusian explorer who shares his mistaken assumption. As they both survive a terrifying encounter with the planet’s alien inhabitants, the two humanoid outsiders form a bond, unaware that the monstrous natives are watching—and waiting.

Dr. Degnor, a brilliant but paranoid physicist, becomes convinced his cat, Tabby, is a Soviet spy after a mysterious leak of his radiation belt formula. Despite being monitored around the clock, he believes the cat read his notes and plans to transmit them—leading him to destroy his work and demand the cat’s destruction. As the security chief grapples with the absurdity, the story ends with Tabby vanishing through a window, leaving behind a trail of suspicion and a final, ominous message from a distant lab.

In a secluded mansion, the reclusive genius Proctor Rogg, imprisoned for his dangerous invention, unleashes a mysterious radiation beam that causes animals to turn aggressive and violent. As his once-tame pets attack those around him, the effects ripple across the country, sparking panic and drawing authorities to his isolated estate.

Trapped inside a malfunctioning atomic rocket, a scientist is transformed into the powerful Captain Atom. Now wielding incredible energy-based abilities, he races to stop enemy agents sabotaging a Jupiter-bound rocket, defending Earth from a threat that reaches into the stars.

Bart Denby, a veteran space miner, returns to Earth after twenty years alone in space, only to find the planet terrified of him—believing he carries a deadly radiation sickness. Rejected by every human colony he tries to reach, he flees to an uninhabited planet he once discovered, determined to build his dream home, now renamed Dream's End.

In "The World Outside!", a lone criminal stumbles through a silent, empty New York City, only to return home and wake up as if nothing happened—only to find himself back in the same eerie, deserted streets. The city's unnatural stillness and his own disoriented return create a haunting loop of isolation and uncertainty.

Space Marshal Blount and a young woman survive the Kukons’ invasion of the planet Amicus, only to discover the alien conquerors are themselves enslaved—captured by a long-dead race that once planned to rule the universe. As the planet is dragged through space toward an unknown sun, Blount uncovers the truth behind the Kukons’ obedience and the fate of their masters.