Title: "The Hex"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Others: Frank and Julia Hubbard
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: America
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#13
Synopsis: Frank removes the hex symbols on the farmhouse he and his wife move into, and they are immediately plagued by misfortune; Frank refuses to give in, disbelieving in the hex; things finally turn around, but only because Julia paints a new hex.
"The Voice in the Shell"
"Menace of the Little Men"
"None Are So Blind"
"Those in a Trance"
"The Invaders"
Title: "The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Henri Berney [inmate at Devil's Island, dies]
Others: Louis [Henri's cellmate], Inspector Monte [Devil's Island police], Ni-Kiyo [native medicine man on Devil's Island]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Devil's Island
Reprinted In: Strange Tales#176
Synopsis: Henri is to be hanged on a Monday, but escapes his cell, and has Ni-Kiyo give him a potion that will remove all the Mondays of his life, so that his hanging date will never come to him. However, Henri forgot that his own birthday was also a Monday.
"Effigy"
"Mr. Mason's Strange Problem"
"We the Jury"
"Voice From Nowhere"
"Night of March 5th"
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Title: "The Brain"
Story:
Art: Russ Heath
Villains: The Brain [Otto Von Schmittsder, Nazi scientist], Larry [soldier, Brain's thrall, dies]
Others: Fritz [Brain's assistant], Larry's friend [soldier]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Schmittsder's castle, Germany
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#11; Curse of the Weird#1
Synopsis: After being executed for war crimes, Schmittsder's brain is preserved by Fritz, and enthralls Larry, using him to further his dreams of world conquest; when Larry's friend tries to stop him, Larry grapples with himself, and shoots himself in the head.
Notes: Returns in Adventure Into Terror#6
Title: "Forbidden Drink"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Philip Sanderson [aged actor]
Villains: Satan
Others: Rosalie Thorton [actress]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Dracula#4
Synopsis: Sanderson refuses to stop playing romantic leads in plays, even though he looks old enough to be Rosalie's great-grandfather, and audiences heckle his performances. He proposes to Rosalie, but she laughs it off. In desperation, he claims he would give his soul for youth. A man then appears and gives him water from the fountain of youth. Philip takes it, and becomes a handsome young man again. He immediately sets off to find Rosalie, and proposes again-- but once more, she laughs. The water is continuing to regress Philip, and is now only a young boy. As he scampers out of Rosalie's house in his over-sized clothes, the man who gave him the water appears-- the Devil himself, come to collect his soul.
Title: "The Torture Room"
Story:
Art: Don Rico
Heroes: "Professor" [internee]
Villains: Siegfried Mauller [commandant, dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Beydorf concentration camp, World War 2
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#11
Synopsis: The Professor engineers a plan for revenge on Mauller by shutting him inside the torture room. Mauller is so terrified at what the internees will do to him that he dies of a heart attack.
"Vampire Brats"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#11
"Hands of Murder"
Title: "The Return Of the Brain"
Story:
Art: Russ Heath
Heroes: Steve Manners [FBI agent, Gilda's lover]
Villains: The Brain [from #4]
Others: Larry and his friend [flashback to #4], Gilda Spears [scientist, Brain's thrall]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Germany, America
Reprinted In: Curse of the Weird#3; Giant-Size Werewolf By Night#4
Synopsis: The Brain journeys to America, enthralls Gilda Spears, uses her to denounce other scientists as Commies; when Steve Manners realizes something is wrong, he attacks the Brain, who is forced to flee.
Title: "You Can't Escape"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Vampire
Others: unnamed target
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Dracula#4
Synopsis: A vampire who hates a man who didn't help him sets about inserting his story into a comic book for the man to read, then attacks him as he is reading.
Notes: Rip-off of Frederic Brown's "Don't Look Behind You" [1947].
"The Girl Who Couldn't Die"
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Chillers#1
"The Dark Room!"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#17
Title: "Where Monsters Dwell"
Story:
Art: Basil Wolverton
Heroes: Reese [editor of Benton Dispatch]
Villains: Dr. Leon Korber [scientist, dies], alien creatures
Others: scientists
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: an alien dimension
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#1; Curse of the Weird#3
Synopsis: Korber sends his enemies to an alien dimension, but one, Reese, fights back and returns, sending Korber through to be slain by the monsters there, but Reese cannot decide whether to risk saving the others he left behind.
Title: "The Thing That Grew!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Joshua Borglum [scientist, dies]
Villains: Borglum's protoplasm [dies]
Others: Blakey [Borglum's assistant]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Borglum's lab
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#1
Synopsis: Borglum creates in his lab a creature of protoplasm that feeds on blood; as it feeds, it grows larger and larger, until it starts searching for prey; Borglum finally destroys it by leading it out to sea with him, where both are destroyed by the waves.
"Going...Down!"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#2
"Two Were Alone"
"Moon Madness"
"Joe"
Title: "Ed's Young Wife"
Story: Brown
Art: David Gantz
Villains: Jim [contractor]
Others: Ed and Helen Jenkins [couple]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#19
Synopsis: Jim agrees to kill Ed so that he can Helen can be together and sabotages Ed's car-- only for Helen to take it out for a drive.
"Under the Knife"
Reprinted In: Creatures On the Loose#18
"Isle of Horror"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#17
Title: "Dead Man's Escape!"
Story:
Art: Joe Maneely
Villains: Tony Paris [convict, dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Dry Tortugas, prison island
Reprinted In: Fear#9
Synopsis: Paris hopes to escape Dry Tortugas by masquerading a corpse, as corpses are thrown into the ocean; however, he is thrown down a well instead, and an octopus kills him.
Title: "He Who Laughs Last, Gets...The Horselaugh"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Joe Rich [back of horse costume, dies]
Others: Eddie Miller [front of horse costume, dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#16
Synopsis: Joe is tired of being the horse's rear, and kills Eddie. Joe is then found trampled to death...while the horse costume hangs nearby.
Title: "Horror in the Graveyard"
Story:
Art: Bernie Krigstein
Villains: Peter Morrison, the Unholy Three [zombies], Professor Tomkins, Howard, Tom Prentice [zombies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Grisdale Cemetary
Synopsis: To escape the Unholy Three, Morrison promises them three victims; he brings Tomkins, Howard and Prentice to them, but then those three become zombies-- and they won't let him go.
Title: "The 13th Floor"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Bart Creel [building owner, dies]
Villains: Ghouls
Genre: Horror
Setting: An office building
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#11; Dead of Night #5
Synopsis: Creel is forced to rent his 13th floor to a band of ghouls, even though the building doesn't have one; he becomes curious as to where they go, but they claim only a ghoul can get to the 13th floor; he forces one to bring him, and he intends to rent the entire floor out, but once the ghoul steps off the floor, Creel is materialized in-between solid floors.
"The Little Pests"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales from the Grave#5
"The Man Who Cried Ghost"
"The Hangman's Noose"
Title: "The Hands"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Heroes: Gary [lobster-man]
Others: Lobster-men
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Monsters Unleashed#4
Synopsis: Gary's lobster-like hands make him an outcast, but he is told he will be fine after he turns 25. He kills a man while stealing jewels to pay for an operation to get him human hands, but when he turns 25 he turns into a giant Lobster, only with human hands. Now he is an outcast amongst his fellow Lobster-people.
"The Little People"
Reprinted In: Beware#6
"Hex!"
Reprinted In: Beware#6
Title: "He Kept Him in Stitches!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Ivan Pushkin [doctor]
Villains: the Commissar [dies]
Others: Anna Pushkin [Ivan's wife]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Berlin
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#23
Synopsis: Pushkin is forced to operate on the cruel Commissar if he wishes him and his wife to live; he saves the Commissar's wife, but seals a knife inside of him near his heart to kill him when he moves.
Notes: Country's name changed to Bodavia in reprint
"The Woman Who Wasn't"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#3
"Jaws of Death"
"The Tarantula"
"The Lion's Mouth
Title: "One Must Die!"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Jim, Millie [lovers], Dr. Zorg [Millie's husband, dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Dr. Zorg's labyrinth beneath his lab
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #5
Synopsis: Zorg believes that any animal will kill its own mate to save its life; after Millie and Jim plant a bomb in his lab, he fuses the two of them together, and places them in a lion and hyena den; the escape route is too small for them both to fit through; one must kill the other with an axe to escape, and while Zorg is killed when the bomb goes off, Jim and Millie turn on each other to save themselves.
"The Executioner"
Reprinted In: Monster of Frankenstein#7
Title: "My Name is Death"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Joe Maneely
Villains: Iron Maiden [murder device], governor
Others: Sigmund Graasp [inventor of Iron Maiden, dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Spain
Reprinted In: Kull the Destroyer#14
Synopsis: Graasp invents the iron maiden and presents it to a governor, but he ultimately meets his fate in the iron maiden's embrace.
"Men With a Net"
"It Can't Be Done"
Title: "They Don't Complain"
Story:
Art: Sam Kweskin
Others: Higgenbotham [old man, dies], doctors, nurses
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's hospital
Reprinted In: Monster of Frankenstein#14
Synopsis: Higgenbotham is brought into an operating room where, to his horror, the doctors begin to cut him open. Higgenbotham is unaware that he's already a corpse.
"Red as a Lobster"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#5
"I Die Too Often"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#5
"Casper's Boss"
"The Vandals"
Title: "The Withered Hand"
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Villains: John Clay [thief]
Others: high lama [dies], other monks
Genre: Horror
Setting: Tibet; 1950's America
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#1
Synopsis: In Tibet, Clay is shown a priceless ruby, the "Soul of a Sinner", which the lama claims contains a man's soul. Clay kills the lama, who vows that when his hand turns to ash, he will come for him. He brings the ruby (and the lama's hand) back to America, where he sells it for 1 million dollars. But when he cheats on his wife, she throws the lama's hand into the fireplace, and the lama's spirit throttles John. He awakens inside of the ruby, his soul, now in the possession of the monks.
"The Girl Who Couldn't Die"
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#2
"The Strange Children"
Reprinted In: Monsters Unleashed#6
"The Maggots"
Reprinted In: Monsters Unleashed#6
"Meet the Bride"
Title: "We Can Hardly Wait"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Worms
Others: John, his brother, their mother, their father [deceased]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Synopsis: Unseen voices await the end of a funeral service-- so that they can begin to devour the corpse.
"Proof Positive"
"The Dead Duke"
"Tommy Has a Teddy Bear"
"Look out for Lakoonda!"
Title: "Tennis Anyone?"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Burgess Harlow [tennis player, dies]
Villains: Dick Satin [tennis player]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#29
Synopsis: Intrigued at Satin's prowess with a single racket, Harlow investigates it, wanting to know what the strings are made of. He wakes up on an operating table, his chest open, as Satin explains he doesn't use catgut...
Title: "The Wax Men"
Story:
Art: Joe Sinnot
Villains: Helen Welch [dies]
Others: Jonathan Welch [man with wax family, dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#29
Synopsis: Helen marries Jonathan, but is annoyed by his insistance that his wax "family" is alive. She starts a fire to destroy them, but is trapped inside with Jonathan...as he melts with his family.
"Juggernaut"
"The Body Snatchers"
"The Last Man"
Title: "Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble"
Story:
Art: C.A. Winter
Villains: Macbeth [dies], three Witches
Others: Banquo [dies], Lady Macbeth, Macduff [son of a witch]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Scotland
Reprinted In: Dracula Lives#3
Synopsis: Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, only Macduff is revealed to be the son of one of the witches rather than being born through a c-section.
"The Screaming Man"
"The Big Story"
"Pep Talk"
Title: "The Men in the Morgue"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Villains: Red and Joe [bank robbers, die]
Others: Olaf [morgue attendant], his brother [dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: America
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#23
Synopsis: Red and Joe kill a man in front of the morgue while escaping during a robbery; they decide to hide in the morgue by threatening its caretaker, but he kills them-- because the man they killed was his brother.
"The Smasher"
"Half-Man"
"Insane"
"Cry Werewolf"
Reprinted In: Tales of the Zombie#2
Title: "The Faceless Ones"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: three astronauts
Villains: Faceless Ones [demons], the Devil
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Hades
Reprinted In: Fear#25
Synopsis: Three astronauts find themselves in another world, and meet its inhabitants-- but this world isn't a planet, it's Hell itself.
Title: "The Vampire-Man"
Story:
Art:
Heroes:
Villains: Tom Malverne [hunchback, Jack the Ripper, dies], vampires
Others: victims of Jack the Ripper
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1888, London, England
Reprinted In: Dracula Lives#3
Synopsis: Malverne wants to get back at people who called him ugly, and tries to get vampires to make him one of them. They agree, but only if he drinks human blood before the end of the year. Tom kills many women, but cannot drink their blood; the vampires kill him, and his murders are believed to be those of Jack the Ripper.
"Man Who Walked the Plank"
"Horrible House"
Title: "Scream in the Night!"
Story:
Art: Vince Colletta
Heroes: Kent [writer]
Villains: Jane [Kent's wife], Phil [Kent's editor], Dr. Enright [Kent's doctor]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#20
Synopsis: Kent can't make anyone believe in his encounter with robed druids dancing around a fire, because the people closest to him are the druids.
"Don't Nod"
"Man in the Shadows"
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Title: "There Was Worse Than Death in the Village Graveyard"
Story:
Art: Russ Heath
Heroes: Carl Dekker
Villains: female ghost
Genre: Horror
Setting: Haunted house
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Chillers#1
Synopsis: Dekker purchases a house with a graveyard on its property and plans to have the graveyard destroyed, but a ghost appears to him and convinces him to halt the destruction. In love with the ghost, he asks how he can bring her to life, and she tells him to kiss her. He does, and is immediately killed, joining her in eternal life as yet another grave outside the house is filled.
"The Face of Death"
"The Man Who Lost His Head"
"The Passenger"
"The Miser"
Title: "The Ghoul!"
Story:
Art: Vic Carrabotta
Heroes: Bosco Channey [murderer, dies]
Villains: ghoul
Others: policemen
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#11
Synopsis: Channey is accused by the police of being a ghoul, but escapes from them and asks an old man to hide him-- but the old man is the ghoul.
Title: "The Killers"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Steve Danning, Mary Crosby [teenagers]
Villains: The Killers [bat-creatures]
Others: sea-creatures
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Monsters Unleashed#4
Synopsis: Sea-creatures appear in a lake, and the military decides to poison the waters to kill them-- only to discover that they were intended to protect mankind from the Killers, who are now free to destroy humanity.
"Too Old To Live"
Title: "The Monster"
Story:
Art: Ed Winiarsky
Villains: Ingoor, other mutants
Others: various townspeople
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#1
Synopsis: Ingoor is sent to prepare for an invasion from beneath the earth, but all the humans he meets don't believe he's a monster; he decides they should abandon the humans to themselves.
"Lost in the Graveyard"
"Throw Another Coal on the Fire"
"Find the Pin and Pick it Up"
"Missing...One Head"
Title: "The Vampire Maker"
Story:
Art:
Villains: vampires
Others: Dr. Gottfried [scientist, dies], his assistant, synthetic vampire, villagers with torches
Genre: Horror
Setting: Hungary
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#4
Synopsis: When people learn Gottfried is making a vampire, they break into his castle and slay him, but not before the vampire awakens. They curse Gottfried as a monster, not realizing that his vampire feeds upon other vampires, to help mankind.
"Where Dead Men Walk"
"I Died Tomorrow"
"You Devil, You!"
"The Thing That Hatched"
Title: "Kiss of Death"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Lillian Ashby [scheming wife], a female vampire
Others: John Ashby [writer, becomes vampire]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's, Catskills
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#12
Synopsis: Lillian hates her husband and tries to scare him to death so she can collect his insurance; it doesn't work, and he becomes a vampire after a visit from a female vamp-- then vamps Lillian himself.
"Flying Saucer"
Reprinted In: Supernatural Thrillers#10
"Mind Over Matter"
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Werewolf By Night#2
"Surprise!"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#6
"The Old Man's Secret"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#12
Title: "He Walks With a Ghost!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art:
Villains: Barney Grill [hoodlum, dies], zombies
Others: Sanford Smythe [lawyer]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Hungary
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #2
Synopsis: Grill inherits a fortune in Hungary, and moves to the family mansion there, but is disgusted by the graveyard, and has it dug up; the corpses have revenge by coming to life and crushing him in a steamshovel.
Title: "The Nightmare!"
Story:
Art:
Others: a warlock [doctor] and a witch [patient]
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Setting: Doctor's office
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #2
Synopsis: A patient tells her doctor of her horrible dreams, of a happy home and family; she's so happy when she wakes up to find she's a witch.
"Man From Mars"
"Gentlemen of the Jury"
Title: "Witch Hunt"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Sarah [woman suspected of being witch]
Villains: Witch-hunters
Others: Ben [warlock]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Salem, Massachusetts
Reprinted In: Monster of Frankenstein#12
Synopsis: Sarah is suspected of being a witch, but Ben convinces people she is innocent. On their way to being married, Sarah is thrown from the wagon, and Ben decides to get help, by flying there on a tree limb. He knew she was innocent because he was a warlock himself.
"The Last Man on Earth"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#7
"Why Won't They Believe Men?
Reprinted In: X-Men#90; Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko
"Journey's End"
Reprinted In: X-Men#91; Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko
"The Icy Fingers of Fear"
Title: "The Terror of Tim Boo Ba"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Villains: Tim Boo Ba [alien dictator, dies]
Others: Two students
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: A microscopic alien world
Reprinted In: Marvel Monster Masterworks; Journey Into Mystery#10; Monster Menace#1; retold in Silver Surfer#4
Synopsis: The mighty dictator Tim Boo Ba is the master of all he surveys, an absolute monarch-- until a single drop of water destroys his microscopic empire.
Notes: Grogoom, in Marvel: Heroes and Legends '96 was drawn to look like Tim Boo Ba.
Title: "I Come From the Black Void"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Xenian ambassador [alien from the Black Void]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Creatures On the Loose#27
Synopsis: A human-like Xenian comes to earth to offer his people's secrets to humanity, and proclaims his identity to a crowded street, only to be completely ignored. Baffled, he leaves earth, not knowing he chose to make his proclamation on April Fool's Day.
Title: "The Man Who Captured Death!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Old scientist
Villains: Death
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Astonishing Tales#21
Synopsis: An old scientist, knowing his death is near, creates a device to capture Death, and prevent him from taking his life. But with Death incapacitated, nothing can die-- including germs, rats, insects, and the infirm. Finally, the old man realizes his mistake, and allows Death to perform his task.
Title: "The Genie Lives"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Davey and his fellow teenagers
Others: A genie
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Journey into Mystery#12
Synopsis: Davey summons up a genie and has it use its powers to fly him around the Earth, make the universe vanish, and make him grow in size, but then wishes he had never summoned him-- resulting in the entire incident cycling over again.
"The Spirit of Swami River"
Reprinted In: X-Men#86
Title: "No Sign of Life"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: two explorers [Ronn named]
Others: living planets
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: an unnamed galaxy in the future
Reprinted In: Curse of the Weird#2; Creatures On The Loose#28; Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko
Synopsis: Two explorers search every planet in a galaxy for life, but find none-- because the life-forms are the planets themselves.
Title: "Those Who Change"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Others: old professor, two scientists
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America; Prehistoric era
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#1; Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko
Synopsis: Two scientists show the professor how they can send a cube back in time, but they are unable to bring it back. The professor refuses to aid them, saying that playing with time is potentially catastrophic. They ignore him, and continue, finally becoming able to return the cube. They decide to send it back with a camera to prehistoric times, and as it arrives, it strikes down a reptile who was about to become the first creature to stand upright. The cube returns, and the two scientists-- now giant reptiles-- are pleased to see that history has not been altered.
"Mister Universe"
Reprinted In: X-Men#87
"The Mark of the Toad"
"Man on a Tightrope"
Title: "Ice-Monster Cometh"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Villains: Hugo Bogg [jewel thief], Ice-Monster [furry monster]
Others: unnamed inspector [dies BTS]
Genre: Monster
Setting: European village
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Man-Thing#1
Synopsis: Hugo Bogg is forced to leave the village he hide his stolen jewels in until the local inspector dies, but finds too many people living where he buried them; he dresses up as "the Ice-Monster" to scare them away, but the Ice-Monster is real, comes, and carries him off, thinking it had found one of its own kind.
"Where Walks the Ghost"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#16; Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee
"The Secret of the Universe"
Reprinted In: Supernatural Thrillers#9
"For the Rest of Your Life"
Reprinted In: X-Men#89
"In Human Form"
Title: "The Little Gypsy Tea Room"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Villains: Bruno [burglar]
Others: gypsy, police
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Supernatural Thrillers#8
Synopsis: Bruno forces a gypsy to hide him in her tea room. She agrees, and hides him inside her crystal ball-- forever.
"At the Stroke of Midnight"
"Great Zeus"
"The Ultimate Weapon"
Title: "The Man In The Sky"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Tad Carter [young mutant]
Others: Tobias Messenger [mutant telepath, named in X-Men: Hidden Years#17]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: X-Men Rarities; Marvel Age#104; Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko; Marvel Milestone: Dragon Lord/Speedball/Man in the Sky
Synopsis: When Carter develops mutant abilities, others turn on him, but he is saved by Messenger, who brings to a safe place until mankind is ready.
Notes: Carter and Messenger return in X-Men: Hidden Years#17
Title: "What Happened in the Wax Museum?"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Villains: robber
Others: Herr Wagner [founder of wax museum]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: wax museum, European village
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#20
Synopsis: A thief encounters Wagner in the wax museum when his statue comes to life to stop him long enough for the police to catch up.
"Beware of the Giants"
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#21
"Footsteps at Midnight"
"Ozarr the Mighty"
Title: "I am the Amazing Dr. Droom!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko
Heroes: Dr. Anthony Droom [doctor, becomes mystic hero]
Villains: Gorlion [half-lion, half-gorilla]
Others: the Lama [dies], the Lama's aide
Genre: Fantasy, Super-Hero
Setting: Tibet
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales #19; Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby
Synopsis: Dr. Droom goes to Tibet when he learns the Lama needs a doctor; he overcomes burning coals and the Gorlion to reach him, then learns he is to be the Lama's successor in combating evil. He accepts, and sets out to begin his mission.
Notes: Weird Wonder Tales #19 reprints as "I am Dr. Druid"; Lama later retconned into the Ancient One in Avengers Spotlight #37
Title: "I Led the Strange Search For Manoo!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Billy Jones [student]
Villains: alien invader
Others: Manoo [benevolent alien], Mr. Miller [Billy's boss]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Synopsis: Billy is shunned for being poor; when he finds an alien pursuing the convict Manoo he agrees to help, but soon learns that Manoo is the good guy, and helps him defeat the other alien. In gratitude, Manoo leaves him with a fortune which he uses to purchase Farnsworh College so he can be a snob back at those who snobbed him in school.
"Rocky's Last Ride"
Title: "Dr. Droom Meets Zamu"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko
Heroes: Dr. Droom
Villains: Zamu [alien from Saturn]
Genre: Science Fiction, Super-Hero
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#20
Synopsis: Zamu astounds people with his seeming-magical powers as he runs for governor; Dr. Droom exposes him as an invader from Saturn and defeats him.
Notes: Reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales #20 as "Behold the Power of Zamu."
Title: "We Were Trapped in the Twilight World"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Paul Harper [scientist], Cathy/Carol [his girlfriend who the narrator can't recall the name of]
Villains: neanderthals, giant lizards, pterodactyl, tyrannosaurus rex, sabretooth tiger, apemen, giant bird
Others: Cro [cro-magnon man], Professor Barnes [Paul's superior]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America; prehistory
Synopsis: Paul and Cathy pass through a fog into the distant past, and are chased by a variety of terrors before being saved by Cro. They then go home.
"The Teddy Bear"
Title: "I am Robot X"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Robot X [sentient robot]
Villains: Charles J. Wentworth [Daily Clarion publisher, Martian]
Others: Professor Jonathan Wilkes [X's inventor], his assistant, prototype robots
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's Earth
Synopsis: Robot X seems to turn against mankind as Wentworth predicts, but X's only intent is to save humanity from Martian invaders, which it exposes. X then deactivates itself and all the robots it built.
Title: "What Lurks Within?"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Christopher Rule
Heroes: Dr. Droom
Villains: aliens [revealed to be Deviant mutates in Marvel Universe #4]
Genre: Science Fiction, Super-Hero
Setting: 1960's Center City
Synopsis: When aliens appear at a farm, Dr. Droom comes to drive them away, tricking them into thinking that a derrick is a human lifeform.
Notes: Retold in Marvel Universe #4.
"Who Or What Was the Bootblack?"
Title: "The Watchers!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Heroes: Henry Fletcher [scientist]
Others: Tom Smith [janitor, alien in disguise]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Chillers#2; Marvel Super-Heroes#29
Synopsis: Fletcher talks to Tom, and tells him how he believes aliens may have guided humanity's development. Tom tells him he's overworked, and Fletcher decides to forget about it. Unknown to him, however, Tom is really an alien, sent to keep an eye on Fletcher on himself.
"The Escape of Monsteroso"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#28
"The Joker"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#29
Title: "Krogg!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Dr. Droom
Villains: Krogg [alien invader]
Genre: Science Fiction, Super-Hero
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Man-Thing#3
Synopsis: Droom investigates disappearing houses and finds that Krogg is behind it, shrinking them to study in his lab; he defeats Krogg and returns the homes to normal.
Notes: Named changed to Dr. Druid in reprints.
"Sserpo, the Creature That Crushed the World"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#27
"The Fourth Man"
Title: "The Bell-Ringer!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Pedros [bell-ringer]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's, "volcanic island in the blue mediterranean"
Reprinted In: Amazing Fantasy#15 Marvel Milestone
Synopsis: When a volcano erupts, the fishing village evacuates, except for Pedros, who remains to ring the bells. A shaft of light saves Pedros, taking him into the sky-- someone was listening.
Title: "Man in the Mummy Case!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Villains: a mummy, Rocco Rank [robber]
Others: Policemen
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's museum
Reprinted In: Amazing Fantasy#15 Marvel Milestone
Synopsis: Rocco hides from the police in a museum, where a living mummy offers him his mummy case to hide in. He does so, and is transported to ancient egypt, made to build pyramids as a slave.
Title: "There are Martians Among Us!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Villains: Two Martians
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Amazing Fantasy#15 Marvel Milestone
Synopsis: When a flying saucer is found, a search for Martians begins. A man warns his wife to stay indoors, but she ventures out and is captured. This panicks the husband greatly-- for they are the Martians in question.
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Title: "The Nightmare"
Story: Hank Chapman
Art: Al Pastino
Heroes: Hank [comic book writer]
Villains: Nightmare creatures [creations of Hank]
Others: Stan Lee [Hank's editor]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Synopsis: Hank purposefully has nightmares to provide story material, but his nightmarish creations hate him and decide to make him look like a monster.
"Screaming Tomb"
"When a Planet Dies"
"Walking Ghost"
Title: "The Scientists"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Miller, Green and Smith [scientists]
Others: J.W. Winters [1751 clothing maker], Alexander the Great
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: 1951; 1751; 330 BC; near the dawn of time
Synopsis: The scientists send a brass ball back in time and cause their histories to be rewritten, but do not realize it; ultimately, they become amphibian-creatures because of slaying a creature at a vital stage of evolution.
"Luck of Louis Nugent"
"The Little Black Box"
"Who Dares to Enter"
"Where is Death"
Title: "The Walking Dead"
Story:
Art: Al Eadeh
Heroes: Dr. Leon Drago [scientist, dies]]
Villains: Zombie [dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Drago's laboratory
Reprinted In: Creatures On The Loose#31; Book of the Dead#3
Synopsis: Dr. Drago brings a dead man back to life, but cannot restore its brain. He destroys himself and the zombie in his lab.
Title: "The Man Who Owned A Ghost!"
Story:
Art: Bill Everett
Villains: Alan Kent [ghost-summoner]
Others: Helen Kent [Alan's wife, dies], George [architect, Helen's lover]
Genre: Horror
Setting: a cliffside manor
Reprinted In: Curse of the Weird#1; Weird Wonder Tales#6
Synopsis: Kent summons a ghost to kill his wife, but it turns out he's already dead-- the ghost he summoned was his own!
"Only An Insect"
"Melvin and the Martian"
"I Solved the Problem"
Title: "The Day Harrington Died"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Hugo [business man, dies], Valulu [island god]
Others: Jim Harrington [Hugo's partner, dies] Benli and other natives of Seakomo
Genre: Horror
Setting: Seakomo [island]
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#18
Synopsis: Hugo tricks the zealous natives of Seakomo to kill Harrington by planting the sacred ruby of their god Valulu on his person, but the statue of Valulu itself comes to life and kill Hugo for his deception.
"The Last of Mr. Mordeaux"
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#16
"Reign of Terror"
"The Freak"
"The Hound Dog"
Title: "Ghoul's Gold"
Story:
Art: Bernie Krigstein
Heroes: Jim [police detective]
Villains: Mr. Grimm [morgue worker with gold, dies]
Others: Mr. Cowdry [man who trades money for gold]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: B. Krigstein Comics
Synopsis: Grimm's constant supply of gold leads to a police investigation, which reveals he steals the gold from dead people's mouths; a fire breaks out in the morgue, and Grimm perishes, his hand stuck inside a mouth.
"The Death Watch"
"The House on the Hill"
"Helen's Husband"
"Three Feathers"
Title: "Drive of Death"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Rod Wilson
Others: unnamed man [dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Dracula#2
Synopsis: Wilson hits a man and kills him with his car, and decides to dispose of the body by driving his car into a lake. Hitchhiking home, he is picked up by his own car-- driven by the dead man.
"The Werewolf of Wilmach"
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Werewolf By Night#2
"Tomb With a View"
"The Hiding Place"
"I Can't Move"
Title: "Man With a Tail"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Benjy Matznik [cat burglar, man with a tail, dies], Tigrina [cat person, woman with a tail, performer]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#8
Synopsis: Benjy commits crimes with his tail to help him; after seeing Tigrina at a carnival he approaches her to make her his partner; she kills him-- he had the tail of a mouse, while she had the tail of a cat.
Title: "Sweet Old Ladies"
Story: Stan Lee
Art:
Villains: unnamed robber [dies], Agatha, other witches
Genre: Horror
Setting: Slowfalls
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Dracula#2
Synopsis: A robber hides out in Slowfalls, and decides to rob three old ladies. They give him their money, but insist they prepare a meal for him. He agrees, but the three of them are witches-- and they make a meal out of him.
Title: "Vampire At the Window"
Story: Stan Lee
Art:
Heroes: Reginald Rudley [dies]
Villains: Vampire, detective [vampire]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Dracula#2; Spider-Man Vs. Dracula
Synopsis: Rudley sees a vampire outside his window, and gets a detective to help him, but when the vampire appears again, the detective reveals that he's a vampire too, and lets the other vampire have him first.
Title: "The Evil Eye"
Story:
Art: Pablo Ferro
Villains: A hag [dies]
Others: Sicilians
Genre: Horror
Setting: A village in Sicily
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#19; Book of the Dead#2
Synopsis: Hag is believed by villagers to have "the evil eye". She decides to see if she truly does, examines her hideous reflection, and dies.
"Point of View"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#23
"I Ain't Got No Body"
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#15
"Once a Werewolf"
"Til Death Do Us Part"
Title: "Greed!"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Mark Bardo (greedy scientist, dies), Martians
Others: Miller, Johnny (scientists)
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: Montana
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#5
Synopsis: Barod is contacted telepathically by Martians who promise him gold if he will build a machine so they can invade earth; he agrees, but doesn't realize that the Martians died thousands of years ago, and when the gold arrives, it is liquid, and buries him.
"No Feelings"
Title: "Contents: One Human!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Sam Shore [postman]
Villains: Martian [Small Fares Inc.]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1950's New York
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#13
Synopsis: Shore discovers that people are being shrunk down and sent through the mail to save on airplane costs; he tracks down the man responsible, who proves to be a Martian-- who then shrinks Sam.
"I Hear the Thump"
Title: "The Hypnotist!"
Story:
Art: Bernie Krigstein
Heroes: Irwin Botts [coward, becomes champion boxer]
Villains: Professor Dubois [hypnotist]
Others: Mickey Davis, Jordan [boxers] Kid Rogan [world champion boxer]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales #19
Synopsis: Botts goes to Dubois to help him overcome his cowardice; Dubois hypnotizes him into a champion fighter, until he defeats Kid Rogan himself; Dubois then releases him from his control, and bets against him in the re-match with Rogan; however, Botts wins, having found the courage he needed.
Title: "Spaceship in my Barn"
Story:
Art: Bill Everett
Heroes: reporter
Others: Luml, Xrtyl [Aldebarans], Alfie and his wife [farmers]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness #23
Synopsis: A reporter meets a farmer who claims to have a spaceship in his barn-- he also has two aliens, who came to visit to collect animals; the reporter wants to photograph them, but they depart too quickly; he hopes instead to use the alien animal bones they left behind, only to find that Alfie's dog ate the bones.
"Eve of Halloween"
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#18
"The Fat Man"
"The Man Who Looked For Death"
Title: "The Sudden Storm
Story:
Art:
Others: Noah and his wife [owners of children's zoo]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #9
Synopsis: As storm Tessie ravages the land, the owners of a children's zoo are told to evacuate, but they refuse; after all, they've faced floods before.
"What the Clouds Concealed"
"To Conquer the Moon"
"The Searching Man"
"As I Lay Sleeping"
Title: "The World of Flame!"
Story:
Art: C.F. Miller
Heroes: Skipper and his crew
Others: People of the sun
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: The World of Flame
Reprinted In: Amazing Adventures#26
Synopsis: A ship is tossed so high by a storm that it reaches the sun, where they meet the people who live there in the World of Flame. The people of the sun send them home, their sunburns the only proof of their visit.
"Man in the Sky"
"No Such Animal"
"Those Who Vanish"
"The Edge of the Cliff"
"Needle in a Haystack"
"The Peace-Monger"
Title: "Nightmare at Noon!"
Story:
Art: Angelo Torres
Heroes: Chris
Villains: Pirates
Others: Stella [Chris' girlfriend], Mr. Kelp [land dealer], Miss Bianca [purchaser]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Chris' island
Reprinted In: Worlds Unknown #1
Synopsis: Chris is uneasy about selling his island to appease his girlfriend, he enjoys the romantic beauty of the place; he awakens after a rest to find pirates holding a woman hostage; he defeats the pirates, and sets her free, but she vanishes, tossing him a ring; when he awakens, Kelp is there to sell the island to Miss Bianca-- who looks just like the woman from his dream.
"The Old Man's Secret"
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#16
"When the Walls Close In"
"No Trespassing"
"Man With Wings"
"World of Flame"
Title: "The Face in the Glass!"
Story:
Art: John Forte
Villains: Boris Hann [thief, dies]
Others: Johann [mirror maker], police, old man [dies]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: European town
Reprinted In: Monster of Frankenstein#10
Synopsis: Boris breaks into Johann's shop, and to save his life, Johann gives him a magic mirror, that will allow Boris to become whatever he desires. He embarks on a crime spree, and is soon chased by the police, shoving over an old man as he runs. Reaching the mirror, he wishes he was the old man he had shoved because no one would expect him. He does, and promptly dies-- the old man died of a heart attack after being knocked over.
Title: "Voodoo"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Villains: Claude Carvel [import manager]
Others: Monty Darrow [general manager], Harold Wadley [secretary], Ed Lawson [treasurer], David Atkins [vice-president], Imogene [Carvel's maid], Mr. Webb [company president
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Strange Tales#172
Synopsis: Angered at having been passed over for promotions, Carvel uses voodoo statues to take jobs away from his superiors, one a time, but when his maid accidentally re-arranges them, he loses it all-- but receives a promotion to Second-Vice President anyway.
"No Answer"
Reprinted In: Beware#2
"They Walk Through Walls"
"Afraid to Dream"
"Something Waits for Me"
Title: "The Girl Behind the Glass!"
Story:
Art: Jay Scott Pike
Heroes: Jonas [deep sea diver]
Villains: Atlanteans
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Atlantis
Reprinted In: Strange Tales#177
Synopsis: While diving, Jonas sees into a glass dome, and spies a city on the ocean's floor. There, he sees a beautiful woman, and later returns, intent on freeing her from Atlantis with explosives. However, close up, he finds that she is 8 feet tall, webbed, and gilled, with sharp teeth. He instead decides to use the explosives to destroy Atlantis, and gives up deep sea diving.
Title: "Who Is the Master?"
Story:
Art: Robert Q. Sale
Heroes: Charles Norton [scientist, dog breeder]
Others: Raymond Mantell [scientist], Uncas [Norton's dog]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#4
Synopsis: Norton's work on making dogs smarter appears to have worked too well, as his dog Uncas appears to be telepathic. Norton believes that dogs are fated to replace men, and sets out to destroy them.
"The Eyes of Mala-Tor"
Reprinted In: Creatures On the Loose#26
"Just Make a Wish"
"Behind the Veil"
"The Trapped City"
Title: "Trapped by the Little Men!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: unnamed man [descendant of Gullvier]
Others: a researcher, Lilliputians
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: America
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#13
Synopsis: A man is visited by tiny men from Lilliputia who are making reforms, and want the descendant of Gulliver to come with them; he complies.
"The Monster in the Mist"
Reprinted In: Monsters Unleashed#7
"The House of Fears"
"The Trap"
"Secret of the Golden Idol"
"When he Presses the Button"
Title: "The Girl With the Evil Eyes!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Jack Taylor
Villains:
Others: Mabambu (voodoo priestess), Ben Taylor (Jack's business partner), Marcia (Ben's fiancee)
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Haiti
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#21
Synopsis: While in Haiti, Jack finds an amulet that grants him dreams of the future in which his brother becomes engaged to Marcia, but Jack then falls in love with Marcia and she tries to make him kill Ben; when the dream ends, Jack finds that Ben has become engaged to Marcia in real life...
"Piece of Rope"
"The Terrible Toy"
"A Tender Tale of Love"
"The Room That Wasn't There"
"The Secret Beyond Belief"
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Title: "The Monster From the Mound!"
Story: Robert E. Howard, Gardner F. Fox
Art: Frank Brunner
Heroes: Steve Brill [rancher]
Villains: Santiago De Valdez [vampire, dies]
Others: Juan Lopez [Mexican, dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: West Texas
Reprinted In: Masters of Terror#1
Synopsis: Brill believes that gold can be found in an indian burial mound, but unleashes Valdez instead; in combat at his cabin, he kills Valdez by burning the house down.
Title: "Thirst"
Story: Steve Gerber, Dan Adkins
Art: P. Craig Russell, Dan Adkins
Villains: vampire
Others: John, Charlie, Emerson, Tockman, others [crew of the Wolf, all die]
Genre: Horror, Science-Fiction
Setting: 2180, starship Wolf
Synopsis: A vampire aboard the ship Wolf begins to kill the crew, who barely recall the legends of vampires; by the time the captain remembers how to kill one, the vampire has already cast the only piece of wood aboard into space.
Title: "Spell of the Dragon!"
Story: John Jakes, Dan Adkins
Art: Val Mayerik, Joe Sinnott, Dan Adkins
Heroes: Brak the Barbarian
Villains: Valena [witch, dies], dragon [dies]
Others: Jonel [Brak's lover]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Khurdisan
Reprinted In: Savage Tales#5
Synopsis: Brak is helped in slaying a dragon by Valena, who says that after killing the dragon, the first human he sees will die; Brak turns the tables by making sure Valena is the first person he sees.
Title: "It's Only Magic!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: John Buscema, John Verpoorten
Heroes: Tommy
Villains: Djinn
Others: Headstone P. Gravely [host], Hiram the Hermit [bookstore owner]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#19; Chamber of Darkness Special
Synopsis: Tommy swipes a book on magic and summons up a Djinn to do his bidding, but seeing how evil it is, he forces it to turn back time so that he never summoned him.
"Mr. Craven Buys His Scream House"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Darkness Special
"Always Leave 'Em Laughing"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Darkness Special
Title: "Forewarned is Four-Armed!"
Story: Neal Adams, Roy Thomas
Art: Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe, Tom Sutton
Heroes: Carl Brock [convict]
Villains: Dr. Caruthers, other four-armed telepathic aliens
Others: Headstone P. Gravely [host]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: America
Reprinted In: Creatures on the Loose#14
Synopsis: Brock escapes jail, and encounters an alien, learns his plot to replace humans for an invasion; he tries to warn others, but the psychiatrist assigned to him is an alien himself.
"The Face of Fear"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Darkness Special
"The Day of the Red Death"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Darkness Special
Title: "The Man Who Owned The World!"
Story: Tom Sutton, Dennis O'Neil
Art: Tom Sutton
Villains: Gregory Irkadin [millionaire]
Others: Tom Sutton [host], Cynthia Irkadin [Gregory's granddaughter], Dr. Theodore [cryogenicist]
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: late 20th century; late 21st century
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#15
Synopsis: Irkadin has himself cryogenically preserved so he can escape the tumult of the 20th century, but when he awakens, finds that mankind has abandoned earth, leaving him alone.
Title: "The Sword and the Sorcerers"
Story: Roy Thomas
Art: Barry Smith
Heroes: Starr the Slayer
Villains: Trull the Wizard
Others: Bran, Mak, and Morn Realtors; Len Carson, Officer O'Neal, Whitney, Morro the Minstrel
Genre: Horror, Fantasy
Setting: 1970's America; Zardath (city)
Reprinted In: Conan the Barbarian#16, Conan Saga#6; Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas
Synopsis: Starr the Slayer usurped the throne of the city of Zardath from Trull the Wizard. During a battle with Trull, Starr flings his sword at him. Then, on Earth, a man named Len Carson awakens. He wrote the Starr the Slayer stories based on dreams that came to him. After his last dream, he decided to write the last entry in the series. However, he is ambused by Starr, who has come to Earth to prevent that story from being published. Starr awakens in Zardath and meets with Morro the minstrel, telling him of his strange trip.
Notes: Starr the Slayer is drawn to resemble Conan-but then this issue preceded by Conan the Barbarian I#1 as a try-out. Bran Mark Morn was a Pictish hero also created by Robert E. Howard, and existed on Earth-616.
"The Beast From the Bog"
Title: "The Music From Beyond"
Story: H.P. Lovecraft, Roy Thomas
Art: Johnny Craig
Heroes: unnamed man
Others: Erich Zann [dead man, violinist], Blandot [landlord]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Rue D'Auseil
Reprinted In: Masters of Terror#2
Synopsis: A man discovers that Zann plays music which can warp reality itself; after being exposed to the void generated by the old man's music, the hero goes mad, and cannot find Zann again.
Title: "Put Another Nickel In!!!"
Story: Mimi Gold
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Elliot (detective)
Villains: Jimmy Deparis (patent thief, dies)
Others: Mat Wyatt (inventor, dies)
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#21
Synopsis: Deparis kills Wyatt while stealing patents, and hides at an arcade; he plays with a nickelodeon machine that shows him his past, and then depicts the police closing in on him; he runs, and falls from a window and dies; the police found him using the same nickelodeon, built by Mat Wyatt.
Title: "Gargoyle Every Night"
Story: Berni Wrightson, Roy Thomas
Art: Berni Wrightson
Villains: Emil Vogel [statue-maker], Clive and Billy [thieves, die]
Others: Berni Wrightson [host], the Golden Angel [statue, destroyed]
Genre: Horror
Setting: England
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Chillers#3; Book of the Dead#1
Synopsis: Two thieves try to steal Vogel's statue of the Golden Angel, melting it down-- but learn that Vogel is actually a demon, one that only the Golden Angel could stop from killing!
"I Wore the Mask of Drothar" from Tales To Astonish#11
"I Found the Abominable Snowman" from Tales To Astonish#13
"Mastermind"
Reprinted In: Tales of the Zombie#1
Title: "Believe It...Or Not"
Story: Bill Everett
Art: Dan Adkins, Bill Everett
Heroes: Johnny Boone [recon pilot, dies]
Villains: Death
Others: Bill Everett, Dan Adkins [hosts]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1970's Russia
Synopsis: Boone's plane is struck by lightning and he lands in Russia; a trenchcoated man informs him that he died when the lightning hit him, and has Boone join him in death.
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Title: "The Underground Gambit"
Story: Len Wein
Art: Herb Trimpe
Villains: Roger Krass [underground cartoonist], Herbert T. Brimstone [Satan]
Others: Zack, other underground cartoonists
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1960's America, Hell
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#24
Synopsis: Krass gives up pretending to be part of the underground after an offer from Brimstone, only to find that Brimstone is taking him into the deep underground-- Hell.
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"Blood Lunge" from Vampire Tales#9
"Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble" from Adventures Into Terror#27
"Vampire Man" from Adventures Into Terror#29
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Title: "The Greatest Magician of All"
Story: Mimi Gold
Art: Bill Everett
Heroes: Marko the Great [magician]
Villains: Waldo Roberts [Marko's assistant]
Others: Jane Holt [Sunday Times reporter], Jeff Parness [Sunday Times photographer]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1970's America; flashback to 1920's
Synopsis: Marko tells reporters of his attempt to perform greatest magic feat by seeming to disappear; his assistant Waldo stole the shrinking potion he had found to do so, but as there is no antidote, Waldo remains tiny for the rest of his life.
"Dead Man's Escape" from Adventures Into Terror#11
"Faceless Ones" from Adventures Into Terror#29
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Title: "The Man in the Box!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: little man
Villains: thief
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Curio shop
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#1
Synopsis: A little man who lives in a box in a curio shop heads out every night to perform good deeds for people. When a man robbing the shop finds him, he wishes he was as small as him so he could rob places more easily. The two immediately switch places, and the little man reveals that now the thief must set out every night to perform good deeds until someone takes his place.
"Bomb Blast"
"The Pen Pal"
"Those Who Listen"
"Half Human"
Title: "The Giants!"
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Daniel [anthropologist]
Others: giants [ancestors of mankind], Dr. Mark Borland [anthropologist]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's Tibet
Synopsis: On an expedition, Daniel wills himself back in time to learn about humanity's ancestors in the hopes of learning why they ceased to exist, and then accidentally kills them when he is frightened and starts an avalanche.
"Calculated Risk"
"Down To the Sea!"
"Flying Saucer!"
"The Wonder Maker!"
Title: "Shangri-La"
Story:
Art: Bill Everett
Heroes: Walter Grant [archaeologist]
Others: John Simmons [explorer], Kennedy [pilot]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Shangri-La
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#24
Synopsis: Grant crashes in Shangri-La and escapes from it, not realizing that one resident, John Simmons had lived there for 400 years, proving that the city was genuine.
Title: "King of the Glacier Men"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Jaru [dictator] cavemen [thawed from ice]
Others: Josef Grasch [Jaru's advisor]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's arctic
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#38
Synopsis: Jaru is abandoned in the arctic by Grasch to perish, but he revives frozen cavemen with fire, and builds them into an army; he sends them to attack Grasch, but they fail; they return to the ice, and take Jaru with them.
"Puppets of Pierre Garou"
"The Ghost Wore Armor"
"Menace of the Humanoids"
"Men in the Mole"
Title: "Are You Ready For the Impossible"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Minister of Enlightenment
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: an isolated town within a bottle
Reprinted In: Amazing Adventures#25
Synopsis: The Minister of Enlightenment relates how an S.O.S. signal coming from land seemed to originate from a ship in a bottle in his own house. This is ridiculous, of course, and yet the town itself exists within a bottle as well, unknown to the inhabitants.
"The Wrong Choice"
"Your Life For Mine"
"They Won't Die!"
"The Voice in the Night!"
#104 "The Man In The Sky" from Amazing Adult Fantasy#14
Marvel Milestone: Dragon Lord/Speedball/Man in the Sky (April, 2006)
"Man in the Sky" from Amazing Adult Fantasy#14
Devil Dinosaur Fin Fang Four Monsters on the Prowl Where Monsters Dwell trade collection
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Title: "Don't Shake Hands With the Devil!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Jeremiah Pendergast [publisher of "Satanic Stories"]
Villains: Satan, one of his demons [dies], various other demons
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America, Hell
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#15
Synopsis: Pendergast is brought to Hell by a demon sent by Satan, and Satan sends Pendergast back hypnotized to kill the first person he sees so that his soul will be his-- but the first person Pendergast sees is Satan's own demon, who Pendergast dutifully kills.
"The Deadly Dwarf"
"The Terror That Creeps"
"The Mask of the Mind"
"The Witchs Son"
Title: "The End of the World"
Story:
Art: Basil Wolverton
Heroes: Julius Kane [scientist]
Villains: General Alexander [military leader]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 2453
Reprinted In: Curse of the Weird#4
Synopsis: Kane discovers an immensely powerful explosive the military wants for interplanetary war; to avert this, Kane causes the warhead to detonate near the moon, shifting it out of orbit, ravaging the earth; only Kane himself survives, on a desolate, volcanic, shattered world.
Title: "The Drop of Water"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Heroes: Albert
Villains: statue of the Midgard Serpent
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Vienna
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#21
Synopsis: Albert finds that the statue of the Midgard Serpent is shedding tears. He collects them, but the tears dissolve through anything-- and threaten to dissolve the earth.
Title: "In Little Pieces"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Ben Maijus [business man, dies]
Others: Verna Maijus
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#21
Synopsis: Ben discovers that when he tears up a picture, the person in it dies 24 hours later. He tries this on his wife, but accidentally tears his own picture instead.
Title: "The Red Face"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Maurice Vallou, Babaro [Maurice's servant], the Devil
Others: Claude Vallou [Maurice's cousin], Cecile [Claude's fiancee], Raveau [hired killer]
Genre: Horror
Setting: New Orleans
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#18
Synopsis: Vallou is angered when Claude falls for his lover, Cecile, and hires Raveau to kill Claude. Raveau says he'll attend Mardi Gras as the Devil so he can point Claude out, but Maurice winds up meeting the true Devil, and is taken away by him.
Title: "The Man Who Vanished"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Willis Striker
Villains: hunchbacked man
Genre: Horror
Setting: Catskills
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#18
Synopsis: Striker takes over a cabin an old man is in, and tries to destroy a tree outside the man's cabin, but is cut doing so. The next day, he finds he has become a tree himself, and is soon rooted to the spot.
"The Spider Waits"
Reprinted In: Fear#11
Title: "Horror in the Moonlight"
Story:
Art: Bill Everett
Heroes: husband [werewolf]
Villains: wife [vampire, dies]
Others: wife's lover [dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's Manor
Synopsis: Man finds his wife with another man-- drinking his blood! Husband kills her, revealing himself to be werewolf.
Notes: No dialogue.
"The Terrible Tunnel"
"The Guillotine"
"Pain in the Neck"
"Hate"
Title: "The Cave of Death"
Story:
Art: Stan Goldberg
Villains: Brute Dorne [convict]
Others: Nelson, other policemen
Genre: Crime
Setting: 1950's swamp
Synopsis: Brute hides from the police in a cave for days with a boulder covering the entrance, but when he's ready to depart he finds he no longer has the strength to move the boulder.
"The Dragon"
"When the Vampire Strikes"
"The House of Skulls"
"A Sight for Sore Eyes"
Title: "The Empty Bus!"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Big Nick [killer]
Others: Danny [ex-criminal], Joan [his girlfriend], a ghoul, bus driver
Genre: Horror
Setting: Plottstown; Plainsville
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #9
Synopsis: A ghoul rides with Nick on the bus; he tells Nick a story about him getting off the bus at Plainville to kill his reformed pal Danny, and being shot himself; Nick doesn't take the story to heart, and is killed by Danny, just as the ghoul said.
Title: "Bat's Tale"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Russ Heath
Villains: Kruzak [vampire], Beast-Man [werewolf]
Others: Vampires
Genre: Horror
Setting: Hungary
Reprinted In: Curse of the Weird#2; Chamber of Chills#23
Synopsis: Kruzak captures a lone man to make a meal of him, but this man is the Beast-Man-- a monster himself.
Title: "The Man Who Isn't There"
Story:
Art: Tony DiPreta
Villains: Marty Mallen [crook, dies]
Others: Mrs. Foley [landlady]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's Americ
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#24
Synopsis: Marty steals a coat which grants invisibility; he performs grand thefts, but while hiding from his landlady to avoid rent, he winds up trapped in his apartment as it is sprayed for rats.
"Brother of a Monster"
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#22
"Iron Lady"
"What's New"
Title: "Waitin' For Satan"
Story:
Art: George Tuska
Heroes: Mathews
Villains: Satan
Others: beautiful woman
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's, island area
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #3
Synopsis: Mathews thinks he needs money to win a beautiful woman, and promises his soul to the devil, on the conditions that if he is ever cheated, the devil will have him immediately, and if the devil comes for him falsely, his soul is free; he asks for only $1000, and soon makes enough money to have the woman, marries her, and amasses a fortune, but she turns out to be shrewish; when he's cheated buying her a fur coat, Satan comes, but Mathews reveals that the money he used to buy the coat with was the $1000 Satan gave him-- not his own. He escapes on a loophole, but Satan promises to have him when he dies anyway.
Title: "The House That Fear Built"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: John and Mary Decker [couple]
Villains: Venusians [come to capture humans]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #2
Synopsis: John and Mary become curious about the new house built across the street overnight, and the strange lights inside; they go over, and are captured by Venusians, then forced to lead others there to be captured as well.
"The Dictator"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#9
"Where Monsters Prowl"
"The Unwanted!"
"Murder!"
Title: "Murdock's Brain!"
Story:
Art: Joe Maneely
Villains: Murdock [great scientist]
Others: Hastings [Murdock's assistant]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Distant future
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales #2
Synopsis: Murdock is researching for a longevity serum, and finds a way to preserve the brain; he decides to conceal that information, and use it on himself to spite the world he hates, commiting suicide; however, Murdock's death causes nations to align themselves in grief, and push to find a solution to the longevity serum; Hastings finds the secret of eternal life only years later, as Murdock, his brain still alive, lies silently screaming.
"The Lonely Man"
"It Came from Nowhere"
Title: "Face of Fear!"
Story:
Art: Tom Cooke
Heroes: Hiram Wolf [ugly, deformed man]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America [alternate reality]
Reprinted In: Amazing Adventures#23
Synopsis: All his life, Hiram hides his ugly face from others. Finally, his seclusion drives him into anger, and he accidentally causes a fire. When his lifeless body is pulled from the blaze, we see that he is a normal man-- but everyone else is a monster.
"Emily"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#14
"When a Vampire Dies"
Reprinted In: Dracula Lives#5
"The Walking Horror"
"Oh, Baby"
"The Man Who Meddled"
Title: "The Old Couple!"
Story:
Art:
Others: Bessy and John [old couple, die]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness #23
Synopsis: When John dies, Bessy has visions of him, progressively younger; she finally goes to him, dying herself, and the two of them are united in eternity.
"The Man Who Wasn't"
"The Poison Penn"
"Hail the Hero"
"Man Who Lost Yesterday"
Title: "Tomorrow"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Harry Dunston [former mechanic]
Others: The Protector [head of Dunston's organization], Masters [Dunston's ex-boss]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#9
Synopsis: Dunston is hired by the Protector to use glasses that can see into the future to record accidents so they can prevented before they occur; after seeing his ex-boss drowning, he decides not to report it, and is fired; the next day, he finds himself the man drowning, with Masters saving him, thanks to the Protector's intervention on his behalf.
Title: "Crack-up!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Doug Wildey
Heroes: Jayson [would-be astronaut]
Others: head of the space institute
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 22nd century
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales #2
Synopsis: Jayson dreams of being an astronaut, but the head of the institute fears he may not be suited for it; he lets Jayson take a flight, and Jayson looses control, forced to set down on the moon; he then learns it was a simulated flight-- he never left earth. Jayson finally accepts he is not cut out for space, and accepts a research position.
"Last Seen Climbing a Ladder"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales from the Grave#2
Title: "The Little Men"
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Frank Ferris [sideshow owner]
Villains: Aliens
Others: Carla Ferris [Frank's wife] junior [Frank's son], Marvin [sideshow giant]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Ferris Carnival
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#2
Synopsis: Frank is afraid his sideshow may go out of business when he hears how midgets are becoming more and more common throughout the world; he then encounters aliens, who are responsible for the increase in midgets, intending to invade earth and replace its people once they're all the same size; Frank tricks them into thinking their chemicals have failed by showing them Marvin, at which point they retreat from earth.
Title: "The Unwanted!"
Story:
Art: Bill Walton
Heroes: Mark, Derk [Martian colonists]
Villains: Martians, Cavemen [remnants of earthmen]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Mars and earth, distant future
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales #2
Synopsis: The colonists on Mars are told to depart by the Martians, or face destruction; they return to earth, only to find that nuclear war has destroyed civilization, and man has reverted to caveman status. They remain in their spacecraft until the earth catches up to them again.
Note: Titled changed to "I Was Kidnapped by a Flying Saucer" in reprint.
"When Warren Woke Up"
Title: "Address Unknown"
Story:
Art:
Others: Herman [scientist], Sarah Milsworth [landlady]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Thorndale
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness #23
Synopsis: Herman creates a machine in his boarding room to turn rocks into diamonds; he intends for his landlady to benefit from it, but when it fails, he runs off, and becomes a beggar; unknown to him, the machine did work, but Milsworth can't send him his fortunes-- he has no address.
Title: "One Man's Leprechaun"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Leo Loomis [would-be mayor]
Others: A Leprechaun
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Marshville
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#20
Synopsis: Leo wants to be mayor of Marshville, but no one takes him seriously; after freeing a leprechaun from a cave, the leprechaun gives him magical tools to vivify the town, making it wonderful to behold. Leo is finally taken seriously by the townsfolk-- but now they think the town is too beautiful for someone like him to be mayor! He sends the leprechaun back to the cave and goes into hiding with him.
"The Lost World"
"Reach for the Stars"
"As the Crowd Roars"
"The Secret Land"
Jim Steranko Jack Kirby Stan Lee Steve Ditko John Romita, Sr. Roy Thomas
Continued from True Adventures.
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Title: "First Moon-Walk"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Villains: Lance Tate and King Phillips [lifelong rivals, die]
Others: Mr. Tate [Lance's father, dies], scientist [builds rocket, dies]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#17
Synopsis: Tate and Phillips hate each other throughout their lives, especially after Tate's father kills himself because of Phillips' father. Always competing against one another as businessmen, they race to the moon, each one wanting to beat the other there. They destroy each other's rockets, and are stranded on the moon, where they perish.
"Buried Alive"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#12
"The Screaming Beasts"
"The Torture Master"
"No Guts"
Title: "Death is a Mountain!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Bonn, Alex, Stanislaw [mountain climbers, all die]
Villains: Thorn Keller, Petro [rival climbers, all die]
Genre: Adventure
Setting: Himalayas
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness #23
Synopsis: Keller names a mountain he flew over in World War 2 after him, and when his co-pilot Bonn leads a climbing party, he sets out to kill Bonn and all his men; finally, only Keller and Alex are left, and they kill each other on the top of the mountain.
Title: "The Shark"
Story:
Art: Joe Sinnott
Heroes: "Harpoon" McKay [shark hunter]
Villains: jewel thieves
Others: woman [dies]
Genre: Adventure
Setting: 1950's, Ceylon, India
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#16
Synopsis: McKay is hired by a woman to kill "the Devil Shark", but other men try to stop him and kill her; on a second attempt at the Devil Shark McKay loses his right leg, but learns that the shark has a fortune in jewels inside of its body; he kills one of the thieves with his harpoon, and earns the gratitude of the police.
"Shrunken Head"
"Third Corpse"
Title: "Gorilla Man"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Ken Hale [average man]
Villains: the Gorilla Man [man turned into gorilla who passes his curse to whoever slays him]
Others: Lil Hale [Ken's wife], Benson [hunter, old friend of Ken's]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: America; Kenya
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#23
Synopsis: Hale is haunted in his dreams by the Gorilla Man, so seeks him out in Kenya; to his horror, after slaying him, he finds that he has become the new Gorilla Man.
Notes: Hale returns as Gorilla Man in What If#9.
"The Burning Sands"
Reprinted In: Kid Colt, Outlaw#213
"Midnight in the Morgue"
"I Walked on the Moon"
Title: "Poor Mister Watkins"
Story: Stan Lee
Art:
Heroes: Harry Higgins [town jerk]
Villains: Mr. Watkins [librarian, werewolf]
Others: Cathy [librarian]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#1
Synopsis: Higgins likes annoying people, and trying to pick up Cathy, the local librarian; when she quits in frustration, he starts bothering her replacement, the timid Mr. Watkins; finally, he shows up at Watkins' door pretending to be the police, but the joke is on him-- Watkins is a werewolf.
"The Man Who Couldn't Move"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#2
"They Wait In Their...Dungeon!"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chill#1
"One Head Too Many"
Title: "On With the Dance!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Russ Heath
Villains: Stella Scheele [dancer, dies]
Others: Mr. Harmon [dance producer], Jack Waters [Stella's lover, dies], Mona Durell [witch]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Dracula#2
Synopsis: Stella is so cruel that she doesn't even care when her lover kills himself; she's determined to get a big part, but it goes to Durell. Stella decides to kill Durell, but Durell casts a spell upon her, causing her to dance for all eternity, even after becoming a skeleton.
"The Man in Black"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales from the Grave#5
"Burton's Blood"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#11
"I Crawl Through Graves"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#17
"Rocket to the Moon"
Title: "Werewolf!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Bill Everett
Heroes: Waldo Forrest [werewolf lore lover, dies]
Villains: Matt Collins [werewolf imposter, dies]
Others: Emily Forrest [Waldo's wife, dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#11
Synopsis: Waldo is hen-pecked by his wife while trying to prove that werewolves exist. He believes they're behind animal slaughterings in the village, but a farmer turns out to be masquerading, and Waldo kills him. However, he is then bitten by a werewolf, becomes one himself, and he and his wife die killing each other.
Title: "Men in Black"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: John Romita
Heroes:
Villains: Jim Horton [bigot], black-robed followers
Others: Gonzales [factory worker], Marion Horton [Jim's wife]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#4
Synopsis: Horton is bigoted against all foreigners, and dresses like-minded people in black to take revenge on Gonzales, the man who took his job; when he tries to remove his mask afterwards, he finds more and more masks beneath, hallucinating; the police find him after he has torn his own face to shreds.
"Rodeo!"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#15
Title: "Genius!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Joe Maneely
Villains: Gerald Morsden [genius]
Others: Saturian, Morsden's parents
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#35; Journey Into Mystery#3
Synopsis: Gerald is an incredibly brilliant child, graduating university at 6, and excelling at every field of interest with his telepathy, even turning to crime; after being contacted by a telepathic woman from Saturn, he builds a ship to be with her, but finds she's really a hideous creature.
Title: "The Madman"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Bill Everett
Villains: Jane Bryant [nurse, subterranean]
Others: Dr. Brimm [psychiatric doctor, dies], Thorn [coal miner, dies], four-armed subterraneans
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America, Hagstone Sanitarium
Reprinted In: Monsters Unleashed#2; Vault of Evil#13
Synopsis: Jane goes to work for Brimm, who shows her Thorn, a man who insists that four-armed men plot to conquer the surface, and that Brimm is with them. She finally kills Brimm and then Thorn as well-- for she is actually one of the four-armed people.
"Escape!"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#11
"A Vampire is Born"
Title: "Zombie!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Bill Everett
Heroes: a Zombie [Simon Garth]
Villains: Gyps [Zombie's master, dies]
Others: Sarah Garth [Zombie's daughter]
Genre: Horror
Setting: New Orleans bayou
Reprinted In: Tales of the Zombie#1; Tales of the Zombie Annual#1; Curse of the Weird#4
Synopsis: Gyps sends the Zombie to kidnap Sarah Garth, but it turns upon him, and kills him-- for Sarah was his daughter.
Notes: Returns in Tales of the Zombie#1
"Nightmare"
Reprinted In: Tales of the Zombie#2
"Crack-Down"
"Rocket Ship"
Title: "The Fake!"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Agnes Carew [ugly woman disguised as beautiful woman]
Others: Robert [robot disguised as old man]
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Monsters Unleashed#1
Synopsis: Agnes uses her make-up and wiles to attract Robert only so she can revel at his expression when he learns how ugly she is. But Robert doesn't care about appearances...he's a robot.
"The Night Crawlers"
"The Plotters"
"In the Cardboard Box"
Title: "A Fate Worse Than Death"
Story:
Art: Seymour Moskowitz
Heroes: Matt Jordan [astronaut, dies]
Others: Llmr [Martian woman]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Mars
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#29
Synopsis: Matt crashes on Mars, and depends upon the hideous Llmar for survival. When he learns she is about to mature, and wants him to be her mate, he takes a poison capsule-- just as she matures into a beautiful woman.
Title: "I, the Robot"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: John Romita
Villains: Human Robot (robot), inventor's business manager (dies)
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#5; Marvel Visionaries: John Romita, Sr.
Synopsis: To get back at the inventor, his manager reprograms his robot with the command to "kill the man in the room". The Human Robot kills his creator-- then the manager. It then sets out to find more men in rooms for it to kill.
Notes: The Human Robot returns in What If#9.
"My Other Body"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#17
"Only a Beast"
"Locked In"
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Title: "Desert Scream!!"
Story: Allyn Brodsky
Art: Jaw Hawk, Barry Windsor-Smith
Heroes:
Villains: Professor Egon Allov [archaeologist], Neron-Alak [alien disguised as Egyptian deity]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Egypt, Tomb of Neron-Alak
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Chillers#3
Synopsis: Allov finds the Tomb of Neron-Alak, but is sealed inside; Neron-Alak proves to be an alien, and departs the tomb with Allov trapped inside.
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Title: "Skull-Face"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Tony DiPreta
Heroes: Tom Fenton (film producer, dies)
Villains: Skull-Face (demonic skeleton)
Others: Professor Thornton (scientist, dies)
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#20
Synopsis: To publicize his film "Skull-Face" Fenton has Thornton infuse the skeleton of a demon with electricity. However, the skeleton comes to life, and kills them both. The police believe it all to be part of their publicity campaign.
"Thief In the Night"
"The Face In the Mirror"
"The Old Hag!"
"The Traitor!"
Title: "The Specimen"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Carl Melton [ichthyologist]
Villains: Miriam and the Fish People of Atlantis
Genre: Horror
Setting: America
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#18
Synopsis: Melton is introduced to a new species of fish by Miriam-- her own. Her people already acquired a female sample, which they used to disguise her as a human. Now they need a male...
Title: "Lost!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Blackie Baxter [bank robber, dies]
Villains: Tom Nolan and Nell Nolan [Baxter's allies, die], their son [monster]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1920's-1950's America
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#22
Synopsis: Baxter and the Nolans hide their money in a cave that only Baxter can navigate; when he leaves for food, he is caught by the police and spends 20 years in jail; having finally gotten out, he goes to the cave, and finds that the Nolans have become monsters, which he kills. But then, he is attacked by their son-- an even more fearsome monster.
Title: "Hunger"
Story:
Art: Brown and Gantz
Villains: Herman Hendler [meat packer, dies]
Others: Hoffman [Hendler's partner]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#22
Synopsis: Hendler and Hoffman dissolve their partnership after Hendler steals, and Hendler decides to get back by poisoning all of Hoffman's meat; when days go by without anyone dying, Hendler goes back to the meat locker, and is accidentally locked inside. He starves to death, and is found days later by Hoffman, who wonders why Hendler didn't eat the meat-- the health inspector had had him replace the entire locker days earlier.
"Man in the Morgue"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#23
Title: "Blackmail!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Henry Travis [ex-con]
Villains: Sanders [criminal, dies]
Others: Ella Travis [Henry's wife]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America, small town
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Man-Thing#3
Synopsis: Sanders attempts to blackmail Henry over his past; he dies after Henry seemingly poisons his drink, but Henry only put a peppermint in the glass-- Sanders' imagination did the rest.
Title: "I Can't Stop Running!"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Marty Sneed
Others: Jasper Kane [old man, dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Winton [New England]
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#9
Synopsis: Sneed learns that Kane has the valuable Flame of Midnight black diamond, and tortures him into telling him where it is, then kills him. Entering the location, he finds the diamond-- but is trapped on a conveyer belt, with a spike-lined wall behind him.
"Love Affair"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#16
"The Spice of Life"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#24
"Hang Until Dead"
Title: "Listen, You Fool"
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Villains: Albert Rudley [dies], Lorna Rudley [Albert's wife, dies], Vincent [Lorna's lover]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Near Canada
Reprinted In: Fear#14
Synopsis: Albert learns that his wife and her lover are planning to kill him, so he decides to get her first. When they go boating, he drugs her drink so that she becomes paralyzed in the water and drowns. However, he ignores a warning from the shore, and steers his boat straight over a waterfall.
"Today I Am A Man!"
Reprinted in: Beware#3
"Don't Ever Gyp A Gypsy!"
Reprinted in: Beware#3
"The Twin!"
Reprinted in: Crypt of Shadows#7
"Marion's Murder!"
Reprinted In: Beware#3
Title: "When the Creature Escapes"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Dr. John Halsey [fish expert]
Others: Dr. Foster [colleague], a fish-like creature [telepathic]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: America
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#13
Synopsis: Halsey captures a horrific sea creature with psychic powers; it escapes during a nuclear meltdown, and he kills it, only to learn it was benevolent, and had halted the meltdown.
Title: "The Graveyard!"
Story:
Art: Dick Ayers
Villains: Reed, Dugger [poachers, ivory hunters, die]
Others: elephants
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's Africa
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#15
Synopsis: Reed and Dugger pursue a wounded elephant, hoping to find the elephant's graveyard, only to walk right into quicksand, where both men die.
"The Lonely Dungeon"
"Into the Fourth Dimension"
"Up!"
"Missing Persons!"
Title: "Shrinko"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Smitty [conman] and Charley [midget]
Others: Tina [Charley's fiancee]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's New York
Synopsis: Smitty uses Charley's height to scam people into believing their shrinking potion "Shrinko" is real, and make millions, but the potion turns out to be genuine-- shrinking all of New York save Charley and Smitty.
Title: "Fit For a Corpse"
Story:
Art: Carl Hubbell
Villains: Kirk Reed [escaped criminal, dies]
Others: tailor, policemen
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Synopsis: Reed has a tailor make him a new suit, but he neglected to learn what the tailor's specialty was-- funeral shrouds. Reed is soon fitted for one.
Title: "Burning Truth"
Story:
Art: Mort Meskin and George Roussos
Heroes: Gerald Framson [English explorer]
Others: Besar [Gerald's native guide], Fire People [live within Krakatoa], Pyra [Fire People], Linda Framson [Gerald's wife], Roger [Linda's lover]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's Krakatoa
Synopsis: Gerald journeys within Krakatoa and learns that Fire People dwell within, and eruptions are caused by crimes within their society. He falls in love with Pyra but returns to England, to find his wife is unfaithful. Having been exposed to the Fire People, Gerald is now one as well, and he burns Linda to death when his flame senses her lies. He returns to the volcano to be with Pyra.
Title: "The Madman"
Story:
Art: Ed Winarski
Heroes: Standish [leader of team of scientists]
Villains: The Leader [Standish's future self, dies]
Others: Professor Martin [time machine builder], Dr. Kraus [brain surgeron and psychologist], Sike [physicist], Bell [historian], Taki [geneticist]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1950's America
Synopsis: Standish bands together his colleagues with plans to rule the world justly with their intellect, and each takes a formula so that they will live for 200 years. Standish journeys to the future and sees that they will destroy society, and he kills The Leader, who turns out to be himself. When he returns to his own time, he is insane.
Title: "Violence"
Story:
Art:
Villains: hunter
Others: gorillas, snakes, slaves
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's, Lake Victoria
Synopsis: A hunter is cruel to the animals he's transporting; when his ship breaks up he finds himself consigned to either float on a crate full of snakes-- or on a raft with a gorilla.
Title: "Honest Abe"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Dr. Abe Davis [clinic owner, admirer of Abraham Lincoln]
Villains: G.B. Ferrick [Davis' landlord]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: New York City
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#13
Synopsis: Davis needs $5,000 to save his clinic; he gives Ferrick all the money he has-- $5-- but Ferrick receives a $5,000 bill, saving the clinic. Davis suspected he had Lincoln himself to thank for this.
"Up In the Air!"
"Mind Over Matter!"
"The Crooked Stick!"
"Two Faces Have I"
Title: "They Melt at Night!"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Jeremy Miller [mad scientist]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #9
Synopsis: Miller creates a formula to dissolve metal all over the world to have his revenge, but has a change of heart, and finally decides to help mankind.
"The Time-Saver"
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#9
"The Unseen!"
"The Locked Door"
"The Voices!"
Title: "The House That Lived"
Story:
Art: Bernie Krigstein
Villains: Rufus Wilcox [real estate dealer]
Others: Jonathan and Elvira Gibbons [old couple], Hal and Diana Curtiss [young couple]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Synopsis: The Gibbons sell their old house, which Wilcox plans to make into a hotel, but a lightning storm changes his mind; he sells the house to the Curtisses, who love it dearly, as the Gibbons had.
"The Unseen Ones!"
"They Walk Among Us!"
"Man Alive!"
"Once Upon A Time"
"The Luck of Harry Hathaway"
Title: "The Mystery of the Doomed Derelict!"
Story:
Art: John Romita
Villains: Captain Josiah Wedgewood [cursed ship captain]
Others: 12 crewmen
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Wedgewood's ship; the common room at the Jolly Roger
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#4
Synopsis: Wedgewood uses magic to bring 12 crewmen to his ship to serve him, because no one will serve of their free will; the men agree to serve him at first, but he becomes cruel during a storm, and the spell is broken, leaving him alone, until he can finally find a crew who like and respect him.
"Out of the Darkness"
"The Man in the Mirror!"
"While the Town Sleeps"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#20
"Behind the Mask"
"This Primitive Planet!"
Title: "Foolproof!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art:
Villains: Jack [building owner]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Strange Tales#174
Synopsis: Jack decides to burn down his old apartment building to collect insurance, and sets things up so that the firemen will arrive in time to rescue him, and not suspect him of causing the fire. However, after starting the fire, he races up to the phone-- and finds its a pay phone and he doesn't have any coins.
"Lost In the Labyrinth"
"Menace From the Stars!"
Reprinted In: The Al Williamson Reader
"Danger In the Desert!"
"The Unsuspected!"
"Don't Let Them Catch Me!"
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Title: "The Eye of Doom"
Story:
Art: Basil Wolverton
Heroes: Hoyt Gilpin [astronaut, dies]
Villains: Eyes of Venus [flying eyeballs that absorb humans]
Others: Ullrich [astronaut, dies], a moon weather station monitor [dies]
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror
Setting: The future; earth's moon, Venus
Reprinted In: Curse of the Weird#1; Weird Wonder Tales#1; Adventures Into Terror#5
Synopsis: Gilpin arrives upon the moon decades after exploring space, and tells how he and his partner were assaulted by "eyes" on Venus, and Ullrich was killed; one of the eyes stowed aboard the ship with him, back to the moon, and kills Gilpin, then engulfs the station monitor.
"She Wouldn't Stay Dead"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#8
"Nothing"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#21
"Only a Beast"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#30
Title: "Sorry-- Mr. Hopkins!"
Story:
Art: Bill Everett
Villains: Timothy Hopkins
Others: old gypsy, Mrs. Hopkins [dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Fear#21
Synopsis: Mr. Hopkins loses his glasses while going to see an old gypsy at a carnival; she appears to him as a lovely young woman, and convinces him to kill his wife so that he can be with her; however, she exchanged his glasses for a different pair to disguise her looks, and she turns out to be an ugly old hag.
Title: "They Called Her a Witch!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Russ Heath
Heroes: unnamed American
Villains: Anna Nikhail [witch]
Others: Sonia Nikhail [Anna's daughter]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Liepzwig, Hungary
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#25
Synopsis: An American tourist refuses to believe that Anna is truly a witch, and visits her cottage, meeting her charming little daughter-- and then Anna flies in the window on a broomstick, pleased that Sonia has found them some food.
"Death Notice"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#7
"The Haunting of Bluebeard"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#7
"The Man Who Saw Tomorrow"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#7
"Detour!"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#7
"Love Affair"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#16
"Not Flesh and Blood!"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#7
"Horror in the City"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#7
"The Black Gloves"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#7
"Death and Tommy Norton"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#7
Title: "The Hooded Horror!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Carmine Infantino, Sy Barry
Villains: Hooded Horror [murderer]
Others: thugs
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#23
Synopsis: The Hooded Horror launches a one-man crime wave, and even other criminals are afraid of him. When he tries to take over the local gangs, they send a man to kill him-- but he finds that beneath the hood, the Hooded Horror has no face.
"Stop the Presses"
"The Man in the Tomb"
"The Dummy"
Title: "Hiding Place"
Story:
Art:
Villains: George [dies]
Others: Harold [George's brother, dies], George and Harold's mother
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Marvel Feature#10
Synopsis: George is disgusted by Harold, who plays with snakes and spiders. After being bitten by a black widow, they take Harold to the hospital, but he proves to be immune to insect bites. Their mother orders Harold to remove his pets, but Harold tells George that he has a hiding place. George can't find it, and is so haunted by nightmares of spiders that he hurls Harold out a window. He then takes Harold's bed, the best in the house-- but Harold's bed is where he kept his pets.
"Guillotine"
Title: "The Most Miserable Man in the World!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Ahab the Unlucky
Villains: Black Hassan [robber], Satan
Others: Samia [Ahab's wife]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Hades
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Werewolf By Night#5
Synopsis: Ahab loses the rugs he and his wife wove, and none of his friends will lend him money. As a final indignity, he is beaten up by Hassan, and Samia leaves him for Hassan as well. In desperation, he summons up the Devil and pleads for aid as, "things couldn't be worse in Hades". But Ahab has been in Hades all the time.
"A Scream in the Dark"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#10
Title: "The Wooden Box"
Story:
Art:
Others: pawn shop owner, skull-faced man
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#4
Synopsis: A man with a skull for a face leaves a wooden box at a pawn shop, ordering the man not to open it; when he does, his own face is turned into a skull.
"Birth of a Vampire"
"Ghosts in the Night"
Title: "Have You Ever Seen a Huge, Black Vampire"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: John Romita
Villains: Gustaf [vampire]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Burgov, Austria
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Chillers#1
Synopsis: The people of Burgov are terrified of the local vampire attacks, particularly when the chief of police is killed. Gustaf takes over his job and sets up measures to prevent further attacks, but knows they won't catch the vampire-- because it's him.
"The Toy Train"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#12
"Hate"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#13
Title: "The Furnace"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: John Thor [coal shoveler]
Villains: skipper [wooden leg, dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: August 13, 1881, England, America
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#4
Synopsis: Thor is tormented by the skipper, intent on making a new record; when coal runs out, he strips the ship of wood; with no wood left he turns on Thor, but Thor throws him into the furnace, using his wooden leg to get them into port in a new record time.
"Who Walks With a Zombie"
"Survival"
"Where Dragons Swim!"
"A Grave Mistake"
Title: "Beyond Death!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Ignatz Kossar [sculptor]
Villains: Louis Bonnard [Kossar's patron, dies]
Others: Flora Bonnard [Louis' daughter]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: France
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#9
Synopsis: Kossar is in love with Flora, but Louis loathes him; after Louis tries to inject Kossar with a chemical, Kossar decides to use it on him-- but injects Flora instead, turning her into a stone statue. Louis dies of a heart attack, and Kossar marries Flora, then goes to live in an insane asylum with her.
"Monster Men"
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#3
"Wilson's Woman"
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#9
"Superstition"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales from the Grave#2
Title: "The Itch!"
Story:
Art: Al Hartley
Villains: Mortimer Scrogg [mortician]
Others: unnamed doctor
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Marvel Feature#10
Synopsis: Scroggs, an evil mortician, develops a wicked itch that drives him crazy. A doctor promises him relief, and does so-- by grafting two extra arms on to his body.
"You Are Me"
"Friend Or Foe"
"What Happened in Midville"
"Man Who Killed the Devil"
Title: "Man in the Shadows"
Story:
Art: Mort Drucker
Heroes:
Villains: Mr. X [spy]
Others: Ray Anton Korbek, Emmet Marsden [scientists]
Genre: Mystery
Setting: 1950's America
Synopsis: Mr. X tries to steal valuable materials, but exposes himself to radiation, forcing him to surrender himself.
"Strange Valley"
"Mr. Meek"
"On the Air"
Title: "One Who Dared"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Junar [child]
Others: Junar's parents
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: future
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#9
Synopsis: Mankind lives below ground, but Junar dreams of the surface. Slipping past the guards, he makes it to the surface to discover a paradise. Mankind returns to the surface thanks to Junar's beliefs.
"The Test"
"Man Who Took a Walk"
"I Can Hear You Think"
"They Pass By Night"
Title: "The Test!"
Story:
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Dr. Marshek [scientist]
Others: hampsters
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#9
Synopsis: Marshek tests hampsters using electro-shocks and food in mazes, only to have a nightmare where the hampsters do the same to him. Awakening, he decides to sell all his hampsters.
Title: "They Wait in the Caves!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Nolan [pearl diver]
Villains: John Panyard [thief]
Others: unnamed island tribe
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Singapore; unnamed island
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#10
Synopsis: Panyard tries to kill Nolan to steal the pearls they found, but years later, Nolan turns up alive, and much more wealthy than Panyard. He tells him about an island of friendly natives who gave him all the pearls he wanted. Panyard goes there, and starts collecting pearls, but the natives destroy Panyard's boat, having been told to do so by Nolan.
Title: "While the City Slumbers!"
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Dan Smith
Villains: Molemen [underground dwellers]
Others: Ted Smith [Dan's son]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: April 18, 1906, San Francisco
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #3
Synopsis: Dan tells his son's friends about how in 1906, he learnt the molemen planned to invade San Francisco, using him as their spy; Dan drove them off, but their tunnels caused the 1906 earthquake.
"Man Who Went Too Far"
"Revenge of Kah Ming"
"Locked in the Silent Room"
"The Thing Behind the Wall"
"The Fish Man"
Title: "Dinosaur"
Story:
Art: Bernie Krigstein
Others: Jonathan, Osbourne, Parker and James [explorers]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: South America
Reprinted In: B. Krigstein Comics
Synopsis: After discovering a dinosaur egg, Osbourne, desperate to return home, tricks the others into thinking dinosaurs still exist; it works all too well, and they abandon him. Then he finds the egg has hatched...
"The Day the World Ended"
"Those Who Vanish"
"The Straw Man"
"The Swami Strikes Back"
"Maha the Demon"
Title: "He Hides in the Tower"
Story:
Art: Bernie Krigstein
Villains: Tony Lund [thief], Arnold Dorwin [ghost]
Others: Madge [servant at Dorwin Manor]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Dorwin Manor, England
Synopsis: Lund wants the gold hidden in Dorwin Manor, so he romances Madge, but Arnold Dorwin's ghost still haunts the manor, and in trying to escape it, he is locked inside the tower-- and Madge, angry for his duplicity, leaves him alone with the ghost.
"The Iron Trap"
"The Forbidden Room"
"The Sinking Man!"
"In the Dark Attic"
"The Clock Strikes Thirteen"
Title: "Hide and Shriek"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: George Karus [joker]
Others: Joe Ricardo [stuntman hired by Karus to dress up as gorilla], Khala [voodoo head man]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#12
Synopsis: Karus plays unfunny jokes on others to demean them, and has guests at his party go on a scavenger hunt; he is then confronted by Khala, who promises a terrible fate for him unless he finds his guests before midnight. Karus fails because Khala hides them, and he is spirited away.
"The Man Who Can't Be Stopped"
Reprinted In: Monster of Frankenstein#8
"The Secret of the Haunted Picture"
"The Living Shadows!"
"It Happened in the Attic"
"Too Smart To Live"
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Title: "A Sight For Sore Eyes"
Story:
Art:
Villains: unnamed robber
Others: scientists [die]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's New York
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Man-Thing#5
Synopsis: A robber is constantly ruining his own plans by his clumsiness, which he blames on his poor eyesight. When he hears about scientists who have developed an eyesight restorer, he breaks in and uses it, but it isn't a chemical for humans-- it's for bats, and it makes him bat-like.
Title: "The Death of a Puppet!"
Story:
Art: Jim Mooney
Heroes: Zorasto [puppeteer, dies]
Villains: puppet, puppeteer [hands seen]
Others: Clyde [Zorasto's agent]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#10
Synopsis: Zorasto performs puppet plays in which one puppet kills another; he becomes distressed when murders occur that mirror his plays, so he changes the scene of the crime and weapon used, only to find that he is the next victim, and his killer, a puppet-- controlled by monstrous hands which manipulate Zorasto as well.
Title: "Let's Face It"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Roger Brent [washed-up film star]
Villains:
Others: Cora [Roger's girlfriend], unnamed scientist
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#10
Synopsis: Brent is unable to come to terms with aging, and searches out a recluse in a swamp who is developing a pill to take 20 years off a man. Despite warnings that it was only half finished, he takes it-- and only half his face becomes younger.
Title: "The Pitchman!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art:
Heroes: unnamed pitchman
Others: Herman Hunkle [simple-minded man from Twin Falls]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's New York
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#10
Synopsis: Hunkle proves to be an easy patsy for the pitchman's techniques, and he swindles Hunkle successfully several times, finally deciding to go for broke and sell him the Brooklyn Bridge. Hunkle buys the Bridge for $12.45, but the pitchman's laughs are cut short when Hunkle re-names the bridge "Hunkle Bridge" and sets up a toll booth.
"The Dead Men"
Title: "The Heat's On"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Russ Heath
Villains: Rock Zucco [brutal coal-stoker, dies]
Others: Gertie Zucco [Rock's wife], Demon woman [the Devil?]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#13
Synopsis: Zucco drives his men hard at work to keep their ship's fires stoked, even killing one of his workers. Returning home, he sees a beautiful woman across the street and decides to throw his wife out the window so he can have her; instead, he falls out the window and finds himself in Hell, where the beautiful woman forces him to keep Hell's fires burning.
"Love Story"
"The Saddest Story Ever Told!"
"Close Shave!"
Title: "Only a Rose!"
Story:
Art: John Forte
Villains: Helen Barrows [jealous wife, dies]
Others: Chester Barrows [Helen's husband]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #3
Synopsis: Helen sees her husband giving another woman flowers and candy, so she sends the woman poisoned candy; her husband doesn't react; she continues in this process, delivering poisoned candy to every woman she sees him with; finally she learns he's a flower delivery man, trying to earn extra money for her; unfortunately, he brings home some of the poisoned candy she had sent, and she is killed by her own poison.
"Behind the Door"
Reprinted in: Beware#1
"Too Human To Live!"
Reprinted In: Beware#1
"A Very Grave Matter"
Title: "The Wedding Present"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Harry [ugly man]
Villains: voodoo witch doctor
Others: Lila [singer], Dan Royal [Lila's lover]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Haiti
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Dracula#3
Synopsis: Harry is despondent that Lila doesn't love him, and turns to a voodoo doctor. He makes him a potion that will make Lila love him, but Harry refuses to pay, and knocks the doctor out. Lila does indeed fall in love with Harry, and they are together for all eternity-- as plastic figures on a wedding cake.
Title: "The Mark of the Vampire!"
Story:
Art: Mac Pakula
Heroes: Frank Hagstrom
Villains: Rudolph Hagstrom [Frank's brother, vampire, dies]
Others: Helen Hagstrom [Frank's wife]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Dracula#3; Dracula Lives#6
Synopsis: Frank realizes that his brother is a vampire, and that he must be destroyed. He stakes him through the heart, but, as he dies, Rudolph makes Frank a vampire as well.
"The Thing in the Mud!"
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#3
"13 Years"
"Vampire at the Window" from Astonishing#18
"I Was a Vampire" from Uncanny Tales#6
Continued from Rugged Action
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Title: "Old John's Secret"
Story:
Art: Bill Everett
Heroes: Old John [riveter]
Villains: Mutants [alien invaders]
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: 1950's America
Synopsis: Old John is approached by a mutant to rivet a piece of metal for his spacecraft, not knowing what it is for. He does a terrible job, but is afraid to let on. The aliens' craft is then destroyed when taking off, but John is so ashamed of the work he did that he doesn't take credit.
"Closed In"
"The House That Wasn't"
"Turnabout"
"The Eyes!"
Title: "Sinister Suit"
Story:
Art: Bernie Krigstein
Heroes: Danny [tramp]
Villains: Roger Billings [chauffer]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Synopsis: Danny buys a suit that belonged to the lost millionaire John Fletcher; he has a dream in which he learns how Fletcher dies, and exposes the man's chauffeur.
"Doomsday"
"The Liquid of Life"
"The Man Who Forgot"
"I Went Inside the Hidden World"
"The Terrible Timepiece"
Title: "A Matter of Life or Death!"
Story:
Art: Sol Brodsky
Heroes: Tom Baker [gardener]
Others: Death, Harry Parris [gardening supplier]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Creatures On the Loose#32
Synopsis: Baker buys a can of insecticide that proves to be filled with nitroglycerine by accident. No matter how hard Baker strikes the can, it refuses to explode, because, as Death himself reveals, it wasn't Baker's time to die.
"They Meet at Night"
"Mind Reader"
"Stowaway in the Sky"
"Captured by the Cave Men"
Title: "I Fly To the Stars"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Christopher Rule
Heroes: Frank Coventry [pilot of the X-700]
Others: Sally Lang [Frank's girlfriend], Robert Lang [Sally's husband]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 2389 Earth
Reprinted In: Strange Tales Annual#2
Synopsis: Frank leaves Earth for a 6 month flight and tells Sally not to wait for him; when he returns, 50 years have passed for her and she has married someone else and grown old in that time.
Title: "I Was Face-To-Face With the Creature From Planet X!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Christopher Rule
Heroes: Cynthia Adams [reporter from the Daily Cosmos]
Villains: creature from Planet X
Others: Mr. Pike [publisher of the Daily Cosmos]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 2165, Earth
Synopsis: Cynthia is locked in a zoo overnight with the creature from Planet X. It escapes its cage but falls unconscious immediately because it can't breathe out of its environment.
"I Was A Human Satellite"
"My Job...Catch A Robot"
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Title: "The Shadow"
Story:
Art: Al Hartley
Villains: Shodini [magician, dies]
Others: stage manager
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Monster of Frankenstein#15
Synopsis: Shodini's act involves him bringing his shadow "to life". The manager hates the act, and fires him, so Shodini sends his shadow to kill him. But during the act, Shodini is struck by car and killed. The manager believes he is safe from the shadow now, but even in death, the shadow follows him...
"Trapped in Time"
"Too Many Murders"
"The Tiger Man"
Title: "Alone in the Dark"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Fred Kida
Villains: Donald Dugan [werewolf child], his parents [vampires]
Others: Uncle Claude
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Synopsis: Claude terrorizes Donald with his bedtime stories, and makes attempts on his life; on a full moon, Donald finally kills his uncle after becoming a werewolf.
Title: "Raving Maniac"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Joe Maneely
Heroes: Stan Lee
Villains: Hubert [lunatic]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Marvel Comics offices, New York, 1950's
Reprinted In: Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee
Synopsis: Hubert raves on about how Lee's comics feature terrible monsters; Lee retorts that Hubert shouldn't force his standards on others. Hubert proves to be an escaped mental patient, and is taken away.
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"To Sneak, Perchance to Scream"
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Chillers#3
"One Little Indian"
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Chillers#3
Title: "Flight Into Fear"
Story: Wally Wood
Art: Wally Wood
Heroes: Johnny ("Jon-Neee") [cripple who champions a dream-world], Princess Yrill [tiny princess of the dream-world]
Villains: Xzar [evil sorcerer, dies]
Others: a Gargoyle, the Old One [dream-world's medic], king and other dream-world denzins
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: A world "where dreams come true", whose citizens are half the height of humans
Reprinted In: The Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood
Synopsis: Young cripple named Johnny is taken by a gargoyle to another dimension to save a king from a wicked sorcerer.
"The Demon That Devoured Hollywood"
"Time Out"
Title: "The Ghost-Beast"
Story:Wally Wood
Art: Wally Wood
Heroes: Beowulf [barbarian leader, dies]
Villains: "The Beast-God" [ghost-like demon that drives men mad with its gaze, dies]
Others: Beowulf's Vandals, including Ulwin [dies]; the king of Vanaria [dies], Princess Ulana [his daughter]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: The kingdom of Vanaria "on the coast of the Northern Islands", during the Dark Ages
Reprinted In: The Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood
Synopsis: Beowulf saves Vanaria from the Beast-God, but kills its king and takes the throne. When the Beast-God returns, Ulana gives him a "magic ring", which enables him to slay the Beast-God-- by dying, becoming a ghost himself.
"Worm Man" from Strange Tales#78
"Contact"
Reprinted In: Monsters Unleashed#3; Supernatural Thrillers#11
"The Scream From Beyond"
Title: "Of Swords and Sorcery"
Story: Wally Wood
Art: Wally Wood
Heroes: Vandal the Barbarian, Pit Tippit [an elf], Trolkin [dwarf turned into a troll], Princess Lissal
Villains: Arak [sorcerer, turns men into stone, dies]
Others:
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: "The Age of Legend"
Reprinted In: The Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood
Synopsis: Vandal and his friends meet Princess Lissal, whose kingdom has been turned to stone by Arak. When they fight Arak, his attempt to turn Trolkin to stone is reversed, due to Trolkin already being enchanted.
"I Was Trapped by Titano the Monster That Time Forgot" from Tales To Astonish#10
"The Scream of Things"
Title: "Sanctuary"
Story: Wally Wood
Art: Wally Wood
Heroes: King Hamand [warrior-king]
Villains: Abarac [Hamand's sorcerer, druid-spirit]
Others: Citizens of Cybernia
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: The kingdom of Cybernia; the ruins of Dragonhenge
Reprinted In: The Marvel Comics Art of Wally Wood; Conan the Barbarian#47
Synopsis: King Hamand steals the crown of the Ancient Kings, but is pursued by a druid-spirit, tormenting him with nightmares. He seals up his castle for protection-- only to learn his own sorcerer Abarac is the druid-spirit.
"Behold! I am the Master of Time" from Tales to Astonish#14
"I Found the Hidden World" from Tales to Astonish#13
"My Touch Means Doom" from Tales to Astonish#16
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Title: "Escape...To What?"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Lukey Franchon, Eddie Rodak [criminals, die], Satan
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America, Hell
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#8
Synopsis: Franchon and Rodak kill each other over their loot and wind up in Hell.
Title: "The Tin Cup"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Carl [swindler]
Villains: unnamed thief [dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#8
Synopsis: Carl tricks people into giving him money by masquerading as a blind cripple; a man gets wise to his act and steals his money; while pursuing him, Carl and the man fall in front of a subway train; the man dies, and Carl is left a blind cripple.
Title: "The Stooge"
Story:
Art: Martin Rose
Heroes:
Villains: Willie [freakshow member]
Others: Tina [fat lady, Willie's wife, dies]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: A circus
Reprinted In: Creatures On The Loose#33; Monster Menace#3
Synopsis: Willie can't take his wife's constant demands and chores, and finally kills her. After all, he's only got six arms.
Title: "I Was a Vampire"
Story:
Art: Basil Wolverton
Villains: Count Kronin [vampire, dies], Mara [vampire]
Others: Malleck [scientist, dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: European village
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Dracula#3; Spider-Man Vs. Dracula
Synopsis: Kronin falls in love with Mara, and decides to regain his humanity for her. He kills Malleck and takes his formula which returns his humanity. He and Mara marry, but on their wedding night, Mara reveals that she is a vampire-- and feasts on him.
Title: "The Man Who Changed"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Luther Hobson [ugly man]
Others: Dorothy Bryant
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Dracula#3
Synopsis: Hobson falls in love with Dorothy, who isn't afraid of him, and they marry, but he can't deal with the way others treat them. He finally undergoes plastic surgery, and becomes a handsome man-- but at the same time, Dorothy uses plastic surgery to become an ugly woman.
"He Lurks in the Shadows"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#16
"The Mark of Death"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#17
Title: "The Man Who Changed"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Sidney
Others: Bill [Sid's old friend], Nancy [Sid's former girlfriend]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#9
Synopsis: Feeling like an outcast, Sid allow himself to be bombarded with radiation in a bomb test on guinea pigs, and afterwards becomes a powerful, husky man-- but is contaminated. Bill and Nancy are both afraid of him, and so are people wherever he goes, so he returns to the site of the explosion to live with the guinea pigs.
"If Looks Could Kill"
Title: "Bertha Gets Buried"
Story:
Art: Sam Kweskin
Villains: unnamed man [Bertha's husband]
Others: Bertha [dies], handyman
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#10
Synopsis: Believing that Bertha is unfaithful, her husband kills her and buries her in the cellar, but the man he mistook for her lover is really a handyman hired to fix the cellar-- and he finds the body.
"The Hidden Martians"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#19
Title: "For the Birds!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Professor Gorey [egg collector, dies]
Others: alien birds
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Future
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#22
Synopsis: Learning how valuable alien birds are, Gorey starts stealing eggs and hatching them into birds that he sells for millions. However, while stalking a large bird, it mistakes his ship for an egg, and sits on it, crushing him to death.
"The Victims of Vanntor!"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#21
"The Horselaugh"
"Find a Pin and Pick it Up"
Title: "The Haunting of Sleepy Hollow!"
Story:
Art: Dick Ayers
Villains: Joe Jennings [investment broker, dies], Sally Klee [his lover, dies], the Headless Horseman
Others: Sam Langhorn [Jennings' rival and partner]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Sleepy Hollow, New York
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#9
Synopsis: Langhorn impersonates the Headless Horseman to win Sally, but Jennings has the same idea, driving Langhorn insane; Klee and Jennings are slain by the real Headless Horseman.
Title: "Half-Man"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Androids ["Half-Men", artificial men created to fight wars and perform labor], Andrew [the first android]
Villains: Jenny [woman seemingly in love with Andrew], Jack [her true love]
Others: Dr. Marney [creator of the androids]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 2300
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#9
Synopsis: When aliens attack earth, androids are produced in mass quantity to repel them; the first, Andrew falls in love, and plans to be married, but when the war ends, he and his kind are made into labourers, second-class citizens.
Title: "Seeing Eye"
Story:
Art: C.A. Winter
Villains: Joe Bronson [thief, dies], homeless man [Bronson's ally, dies]
Others: Albert [retired blind werewolf], seeing eye man
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Monster of Frankenstein#9
Synopsis: Bronson decides to rob a seemingly-blind man of his seeing eye dog, but the dog turns out to be a blind retired werewolf-- led by a seeing eye man.
"The Locked House"
"The Unctuous Undertaker"
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#9
Note: Retitled "Coffin of Hell" in reprint.
Title: "The Hidden Graveyard"
Story:
Art: Bob Forgione
Heroes: Larkin, Collins, Parker [hunters, all die]
Villains: A Monstrous Gorilla
Genre: Horror
Setting: Africa
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #3
Synopsis: Three hunters find the elephant graveyard, but it is guarded by a monstrous ape; they attempt to outhink the animal by using the wind to throw off their scent, but it is of no use-- the ape has literal eyes in the back of its head, and all three are eaten.
"Look Homeward, Werewolf"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#8
"Ask Me No Questions"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#8
"Smile, Blast Ya, Smile"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#8
"The Lucky Stiff"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#8
Title: "Deep Down"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Underground men
Villains: Dragila [underground dragon]
Genre: Horror
Setting: A graveyard, underground cavern
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #5
Synopsis: A man is approached by an army of men who dwell underground, trying to find a way to free an immense nugget of gold, without releasing the Dragila it shields from escaping; the man decides a year later that there is no answer, and they should all leave. They agree, and leave(!).
"Only One to a Customer"
"The Barefoot Man"
"The Albatross"
Title: "Never Double-Cross a Martian!"
Story:
Art: Mort Drucker
Heroes: Bruce Dawson [radio engineer]
Others: Martians, Don Bolling [Dawson's best friend], Emperor Szh, Princess Aiila
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: 1950's America, Mars
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#12
Synopsis: Dawson is convinced earth will be destroyed in war, so he makes contact with Mars, claiming friendship; the Martians send an envoy to earth and offer him Aiila, but he steals their ship to go live on Mars-- only to find that the Martians are at war with Jupiter, and he is conscripted into service.
"Something Strange About Sarah"
"The Rescue"
"The Master of Men"
"The Flying Horse"
Title: "The Telepathic Typewriter"
Story:
Art: Mort Drucker
Heroes: Paul Lawson [writer]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#13
Synopsis: Paul finds a typewriter which makes whatever he types appear before him in a vision, revealing the truth behind actual events. A letter with the typewriter warns him not to use it for greed, and when he tries to use it to hunt for treasure, he loses the typewriter.
"The Little Men"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#30
"The Mystery of Mercury"
"Which Road to Take"
"They Wait Below"
"Mistaken Identity"
Title: "The Girl Who Didn't Exist!"
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Augie Walford [archaeologist]
Villains: General Justinian
Others: Claudia Caligara [daughter of Caesar], Caesar Caligara, Professor Haywood [archaeologist]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Rome, in the present and the distant past
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #2
Synopsis: Augie falls in love with the statue of Claudia he unearths; he follows her voice through a passage in time, which leads him to ancient Rome; he battles and defeats General Justinian to win her, and they are married; back in the present, the archaeologists find a statue of Augie-- as Caesar Augustus.
Title: "The Frightened Man!"
Story:
Art: George Roussos
Heroes: Professor Andrew Rolfe [disguised as a Plutonian]
Villains: Franz Hyle [dictator of Camilanot]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Camilanot [European country]
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #2
Synopsis: Hyle is visited by a Plutonian, who finds his enemies in the military for him, who Hyle eargerly sends to prison, until the only people left are the townspeople, who easily overthrow him; the "Plutonian" is unmasked as dissident Professor Rolfe.
"Out of the Swamp"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#2
"Beyond Belief!"
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#4
"She Came From Nowhere"
"Planet of Doom"
Title: "The Warning"
Story:
Art: Bernie Krigstein
Heroes: Leo Bishop [scientist]
Villains: unnamed scientist
Others: Bishop's dog [able to change what it touches to gold]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: December 13, 2157
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#20; Book of the Dead#2
Synopsis: Bishop strives for years to perfect "the midas touch". He does, but hides it from the world in his dog. When a scientist breaks in to steal the secret, they fight, and both are turned to gold by the dog. Their "statue" displayed to teach others of the folly of greed.
"The Terrible Fate of Mr. Wren"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#36
"Mystery in Midville"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#17
"The Hidden Island
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#15
"Inside the Tomb"
"The Moving Walls"
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Title: "Thru The Lens"
Story:
Art: Joe Maneely
Heroes: Raf [astronomer]
Villains: unnamed man [enemy of Marston]
Others: Querina [Raf's lover], Professor John Marston [scientist]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: unnamed alien world, one thousand years in the future
Reprinted In: X-Men#88
Synopsis: Raf observes earth 1,000 years in the past, as Marston's home is broken into by a jealous rival, who destroys his new engine that runs on water; it starts a fire that catches on all the water of the world, until the world is finally destroyed. Raf then goes on a date, unfazed by earth's destruction.
Title: "The Cartoonist's Calamity"
Story:
Art: Bill Everett
Heroes: Venus
Villains: Monsters [created by Rogers]
Others: Whitney Hammond, Jimmy Rogers [comic artist], Hero [creation of Rogers]
Genre: Super-Hero, Fantasy
Setting: 1950's New York
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#18
Synopsis: Venus discovers that Rogers' horror comic creations have come to life; to defeat them, she has him design a super-hero who defeats them, then returns to the inkwell he came from.
Title: "Tidal Wave of Fear"
Story:
Art: Bill Everett
Heroes: Venus
Villains: Neptunia [Diana Seacrest, daughter of Neptune, seemingly dies]
Others: Whitney Hammond
Genre: Super-Hero, Fantasy
Setting: Atlantic coast
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#21; Golden Age of Marvel Comics
Synopsis: Venus investigates the destruction of several homes along the Atlantic coast, and finds that Neptunia, daughter of Neptune is responsible for sending the tidal waves, out of anger at the surface world. They grapple, and Neptunia seemingly dies in the storm.
Title: "The Mad Mountain"
Story:
Art: Bill Everett
Heroes: Venus
Villains: plant-men
Others: Whitney Hammond
Genre: Super-Hero, Fantasy
Setting: Vulture Mountain
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#17
Synopsis: Venus is aboard a plane that crashes in the rocky mountains. Miraculously, everyone aboard lives, and they find a deserted town full of gold, guarded by plant-men. They try to escape, but all but Venus are killed in an avalanche. When Venus is found, she is informed that the plane crash in question took place 20 years earlier, and that she wasn't listed as a passenger.
Title: "Kiss of Death"
Story:
Art: Bill Everett
Heroes: Venus
Others: Whitney Hammond, Igor (sorcerer), Andreas, Mara (ghosts)
Genre: Horror, Super-Hero
Setting: 1950's New York
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#20
Synopsis: Venus and Whitney observe as Igor summons up Mara, the woman Andreas loves so that both ghosts can be together.
Title: "Box of Doom"
Story:
Art: Bill Everett
Heroes: Venus
Villains: messenger (vampire, dies)
Genre: Horror, Super-Hero
Setting: 1950's New York
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#16; Silver Surfer Vs. Dracula
Synopsis: A package containing a box arrives at Venus' office, and it transforms the messenger into a vampire. Venus kills him with a wooden stake.
"The Madman's Music"
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#22
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Title: "Phantom of the Farm"
Story:
Art: Bernie Krigstein
Villains: Madigan and his sidekick [robbers]
Others: Jed and Billy [farmers], a scarecrow
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Jed's farm
Synopsis: Madigan attempts to rob Jed, but something scares him and his partner off. Could it have been the scarecrow? Was the scarecrow alive?
"The Girl Who Fell"
"It's Harmless...I Think"
"Spare Me, Please!"
"Quarantine"
"Handsome Harry's Wife"
Title: "He's Coming to Get Me!"
Story:
Art: Ted Gallore
Heroes: Peter Wilcox
Others: Ralph Wilcox
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Future
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Werewolf by Night#5
Synopsis: Wilcox learns his brother, whom he cheated out of his money, is returning. He believes Ralph will kill him, and arms himself, but Ralph has only come to save him, because interplanetary drive has been discovered, and he wants Peter to join him on another planet.
"Nightmare at Midnight"
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#7
"Prisoner of the Fantastic Fog"
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#7
"He Never Reached the Ground"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#19
"The Sinister Stone"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#11
"The Mad Scientist"
Reprinted In: Monster of Frankenstein#11
Title: "The Unsolid Man"
Story:
Art: Joe Orlando
Heroes: Roy Darnell [constable]
Villains: Arnold Benson [Communist]
Others: Martha Corbett [Benson's lover]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: a western town
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Werewolf By Night#5; Curse of the Weird#2
Synopsis: Benson is on the run from the law, and takes a ride in an experimental rocket sled, which displaces him in time; he seems to pass through buildings, but actually moves at tremendous speed; when time catches up, he is caught.
"When Marty Moves"
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#7
"What Happened on the Mountain"
"The Man in the Cyclotron"
"The Chance I Took"
"The Mysterious Inheritance"
Title: "Mystery of the Mountain"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: professor
Others: invisible aliens, policemen
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Mount Rushmore
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#38
Synopsis: Explosions erupt at Mount Rushmore as something cuts through the rock; invisible aliens have carved the image of one of their great men to sit alongside humanity's.
"He Stole 50 Years"
"Mystery of the Mountain"
"Strange Doings in Cell 4-B"
"The Uncanny Keys"
"The Sinister Supermen"
Title: "Prison, 2000 AD"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Christopher Rule
Heroes: John Fox [criminal]
Villains: imaginary Dart Birds
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 2000 A.D., imaginary planet of Vestes 203
Reprinted In: Strange Tales Annual#2
Synopsis: Fox is sentenced to prison for 6 years; he seems to escape, and finds a new home on Vestes 203, but is actually in stasis on Earth, serving out his sentence in a humane fashion.
"Nightmare Planet"
Reprinted In: Strange Tales Annual#2
Title: "Arise, Oh Geni..."
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Claude Hicks [history teacher]
Villains: Genie
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's Egypt
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#15
Synopsis: Hicks sets free a Genie, only to learn it is a malevolent creature; however, the Genie has lived inside the lamp for so long that it cannot abide conditions on Earth, and begs Hicks to let him return to the lamp.
"Beware the Future"
Reprinted In: The Al Williamson Reader
Title: "To Build a Robot"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Christopher Rule
Heroes: Luther Worthington [robot, head of Titanic Motors]
Others: Dexter Scott [inventor]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#11
Synopsis: Scott wants to build a thinking robot, but Worthington does his best to convince him that it's impractical-- because he's a robot himself, and doesn't want any competition.
"The Creatures Who Captured Earth!"
"The Clock Strikes Never!"
"The Man Who Talks to the Stars"
"Xom! The Menace From Outer Space!"
Title: "The Gargoyle From the Fifth Galaxy!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Others: unnamed alien ["gargoyle", Fifth Galaxy]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#15
Synopsis: The fire-breathing alien frightens mankind when it appears, and they drive it off with their military, only to learn months later after decoding its book that it had come to help mankind.
"The Iron Hulk!"
"The Brain Destroyer!"
"I Was Stranded in Space"
Title: "The Green Man!"
Story:
Art: Al Williamson
Heroes: Captain Lewis [spaceman]
Others: Major Anders [G-2]
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: future, the moon
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#38; Al Williamson: Hidden Lands
Synopsis: When Lewis returns from the moon, he has green skin; G-2 fears he might be an alien spy, and sends Anders to explore the moon; he returns with green skin as well-- as will any human who visits, but the effect passes after 24 hours.
"The Captive Brain!"
"When the Sun Fell Down!"
Title: "Bait!"
Story:
Art:
Others: prehistoric "fish", Captain Bence [sailor], Elton Denby, other biologists
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Ocean
Reprinted In: Strange Tales#173
Synopsis: Denby reels in an unusual fish with lungs from the ocean, and is anxious to bring it to a laboratory, not knowing it was once the largest of all dinosaurs, and able to adapt to any environment-- and would soon be large enough to assault humanity! But as the biologists sleep, their captain chops the fish up into bait, not recognizing its value.
"Something Is In This House"
"He's Hiding on Earth!"
"They Were Reborn"
"Volcano!"
"Brainwash"
Title: "Six Strange Words"
Story:
Art:
Villains: stranded man
Others: sorcerer
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Monster of Frankenstein#13
Synopsis: A man enters the home of a sorcerer, looking for shelter, and learns that the man can make anyone enter limbo by uttering 6 little words. He gets the sorcerer to tell him, then sends him to limbo. He then tries to send the reader into limbo, only to be sent there himself.
"The Old Man of the Mountain!"
"Come Into My Parlor"
"Run, Coward, Run"
"A Scream For Help"
"Foster's Fear"
Title: "Escape From Nowhere!"
Story:
Art: Tony DiPreta
Heroes: the Great Myron [escape artist]
Villains: shadow figures representing death
Others: Myron's manager
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Amazing Adventures#28
Synopsis: On his way to a stunt, Myron is hit by a truck but survives, escaping the shades of death.
"When the Creature Escapes"
"The World's Strangest Crime"
"The Lost Island!"
"To walk Unseen!"
"Nightmare at Noon" from Astonishing #54
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