Web of Scares Special Collector's Edition #5

In the isolated Smokey Mountains, Mrs. Black—half human, half spider—lives a solitary life, hunting those who stray too close to her home. But when one of her victims proves to be Mr. Vespid, a half human, half wasp hybrid, her quiet reign of terror takes a dangerous turn.

In "Monster of the Mist," marine biologist Dr. Mornay finds himself entangled with a colossal sea serpent he’s brought close to study, feeding it sheep while unknowingly nurturing its hunger for blood. When his son and the son’s fiancée arrive, they join Dr. Mornay in preparing a dangerous trap—though it’s unclear who or what they’re really trying to catch.

In "Prehistoric Beast," museum curator Edmond Manard awakens a frozen Ice Age man from an iceberg, only to unleash a violent rampage that mirrors his own suffering. As the ancient creature terrorizes the modern world, Manard feels every wound and agony as if it were his own.

In "The Subterranean Beast," Allan Mills stumbles upon a monstrous ape trapped in a cave, its eyes gleaming with ancient fury. As he attempts to control the creature, the beast fixates on his girlfriend Ruth—setting off a chain of terror that erupts when an earthquake frees it. Now, with the village in chaos and Mills consumed by madness, the ape’s hunger for Ruth leads them both into the dark, unseen depths beneath the earth.

A lone lighthouse stands on the remote island of San Noble, its fog horn cutting through the mist—unaware it’s calling something ancient and hungry. When the sound echoes across the sea, a prehistoric beast stirs beneath the waves, drawn by the illusion of kinship. As the island falls into chaos, the creature’s rampage leaves destruction in its wake, forcing a desperate final stand against the tide of terror.

In "The Big Snake!", a desperate experiment gone wrong unleashes a monstrous serpent grown to terrifying size—its intelligence sharpened by the blood of its creator. When the creature, fueled by the scientist’s own ambition, turns on its maker and begins terrorizing New York City, the only one who can stop it may be the man who made it possible.

In the wake of a mysterious atomic test in the Pacific, a prehistoric sea serpent emerges from a fissure in the ocean floor, its ancient form stirring the depths. Professor Drake, the only witness to its terrifying rampage, races to warn the government—only to find his warnings dismissed as madness.