Forbidden Worlds #91

When a cloud of mysterious insects drifts through his laboratory window on his birthday, young scientist Bud Foster discovers they're something far stranger—a scouting party of tiny extraterrestrial invaders shrunk down to hide their presence. Using his new microscope and chemistry set, Bud uncovers the Varonians' tragic story of fleeing across the galaxy, and finds himself caught up in their desperate search for a safe world to call home. What unfolds is a tale of first contact unlike any other, where a boy's scientific curiosity becomes Earth's most unexpected defense.

When mysterious creatures—part animal, part bird—begin terrorizing a city, police discover the shocking truth: they're made of clay. But the real mystery lies with Felix Caine, a bitter sculptor who's perfected an "electronic thought-caster" capable of molding lifeless material into living form through sheer willpower. As Caine grows increasingly unhinged over his rejected work, his niece Betty and her friend Dr. Greg Chandler race to stop him before he creates something far more dangerous than clay.

In 1960, Ludwig Brenner receives mysterious crystal balls year after year, each one dredging up a dark secret from his Nazi past—a wartime atrocity he thought buried and forgotten. When a hunting trip with his friend Karl leads them to a Gypsy wedding in the woods, Brenner finds himself face-to-face with an old fortune teller named Marla, whose crystal ball threatens to expose what he's spent a decade trying to escape. As the truth begins to surface, Brenner must confront whether the past can truly stay hidden.