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Title: "He Fled in the Night"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Robinson Crusoe
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1717
Reprinted In: Kull the Destroyer #13
Synopsis: Crusoe has dreams of leading a different life, and finally decides to set sail in search of adventure.
"The Strangers From Space"
Reprinted In: Al Williamson: Hidden Lands
"I Dared Explore the Unknown Emptiness"
"My Body"
"Prisoners of the Satellites"
Title: "Invasion From Outer Space"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Christopher Rule
Heroes: an astronomer
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Synopsis: An astronomer creates a phony invasion with smoke and mirrors to trick humanity into disarming.
"The Planet That Wasn't There"
"Trapped in Yesterday"
"A Robot in Hiding"
Title: "The Terrible Time Machine"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Christopher Rule
Heroes: Ashley Hunt [physicist]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1965; Egypt, 2700 B.C.
Synopsis: Hunt goes back in time but develops amnesia and becomes Tut-Kin-Tut.
Title: "The Thing From Planet X"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Crew of an Earth vessel [captain, Dave, Chuck]
Villains: Great Plant of Planet X [dies]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Planet X, distant future
Reprinted In: Star Wars Weekly#61
Synopsis: Explorers bring back plant from Planet X that enslaves their minds with telepathy so it can invade Earth; they manage to escape their ship and cause it to crash, killing the plant.
"Robot Hater"
"The Haunted House"
"The Aliens Who Conquered Earth"
Title: "One of Our Spacemen is Missing"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Christopher Rule
Heroes: Lester Wells, Jim Stack, other spacemen [Ralph, Fred, Bob]
Villains: plant creatures
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 2500, alien planet, System 472
Synopsis: Wells and Stack lead an expedition to a seemingly lifeless planet. Stack sets out recklessly, but the plantlife turns out to be alive, and Wells saves him.
"The Invisible Army"
"The Voice of Doom"
"Beware of the Robots"
"One of Us is a Martian"
Title: "I Became a Human Robot!"
Story:
Art: Joe Sinnott
Villains: Gammus [alien in robot body], Gammus' people
Others: scientist
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#1
Synopsis: Gammus is sent to spy on earth to prepare for an invasion, and places his mind in the body of a robot which cannot speak. As the robot, he saves a child's life and thwarts bank robbers, endearing himself to humanity. Scientists study him in Washington, and he uses the opportunity to study their defenses, but then they shut him off, and place him in a museum, trapping him forever.
"I Was Trapped in the Tunnel to Nowhere"
"I Fought the Tyrannosaurus"
"I Walk Through Walls"
"I Traveled Through Time"
Title: "The Luna Lizards Had Me Trapped"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Christopher Rule
Heroes: unnamed archaeologist
Others: Luna Lizards [lizards on the moon]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1970, the moon
Synopsis: An archaeologist fights his way past the Luna Lizards to find air for his fellow explorers, but the Luna Lizards turn out to be friendly, come to warn the explorers of a crack in their air dome.
"I Hear it Howl in the Swamp"
"I Was Captured By the Cyclops"
"The Mutants and Me"
"Who Hides Beneath My Mask"
Title: "I Fought the Molten Man-Thing!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko
Heroes: Frank Harper [pilot, Makkari according to Marvel Universe#4]
Villains: Molten Man-Thing [lava-like creature]
Others: natives of Napuka
Genre: Fantasy, Monster
Setting: island of Napuka
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#15; Monster Menace#1
Synopsis: Harper, in need of a break from the stress of flying a plane, goes to Napuka, but Napuka is attacked by the Molten Man-Thing, who emerges from a volcano; Harper drives him back by leading him into a wind tunnel, weakening him.
Notes: Retold in Marvel Universe#4
"I Come From The Shadow World"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#14
"I Know the Power of the Genie"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#15
"I Was Trapped in the Martian Maze"
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#15
"My Name is Robot X"
Title: "Monstro...The Menace From the Murky Depths"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Professor Mark Faraday [scientist]
Villains: Monstro [giant octopus]
Others: Russians
Genre: Monster, Fantasy
Setting: Russia
Synopsis: When Monstro threatens Russia, Faraday advises them to do nothing; as the radiation wears off of Monstro, it will gradually return to its normal size.
"The Story of Sammy Snork"
"I Am the Changing Man"
"The Runaway Planet"
"It Walks By Night"
"Time on My Hands"
"The Return of the Living Robot"
Title: "I Brought The Mighty Cyclops Back To Life!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Duncan [weak man]
Villains: Cyclops [from the Odyssey]
Others: Ulysses [flashback], Amanda [Duncan's girlfriend]
Genre: Fantasy, Monster
Setting: Island in the Mediterranean Sea
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell #1
Synopsis: Duncan, considered weak by Amanda, finds the legendary Cyclops frozen in ice; he plans to remove it and sell it to an museum, but it awakens, still alive, and chases them; Duncan lures him back into the ice, and Amanda finally accepts his marriage proposal.
"Behind My Door Waits Medusa"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#4
"I Was Trapped in Nightmare Valley"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#4
"I Am the Shaggy Creature"
Title: "I Created...Sporr! The Thing That Could Not Die!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: unnamed professor
Villains: Sporr [giant amoeba]
Others: Transylvanians
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: The Castle of Frankenstein in Transylvania, 1960's
Reprinted In: Marvel Monster Masterworks; Where Monsters Dwell#2
Synopsis: Professor's experiment at growing an amoeba is interrupted by angry villagers, leading to giant amoeba on the rampage. The professor saves the day by leading the amoeba to quicksand with a trail of sugar.
"I Know the Secret of the Flying Saucer"
"The Eyes of Igor"
"I Escaped to Another World"
Title: "I Alone Know The Dread Secret of Gor-Kill The Lurking Demon!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Hans Grubink [loafer]
Villains: Gor-Kill [alien gas embodying water, destroyed]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: Coastal town near the Krakow Dam
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell #1
Synopsis: Gor-Kill descends upon a village, looking for food, destroying all in his path; the villagers believe it to be a demon; only Grubink suspects how to destroy Gor-Kill-- by dynamiting the river while it is inside. Grubink is arrested for stealing the dynamite.
"I Met the Thing on Midnight Island"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#4
"The Monster in My Cellar"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#4
Title: "Those Who Lurk Below"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Pierre [prisoner, labourer]
Villains: Kragok [guard]
Others: alien people
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 19th century, penal island [Devil's Island?]
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#2
Synopsis: Kragok torments Pierre with a book claiming that a race of aliens dwell beneath the ground, but the book turns out to be true, and Pierre goes to join the aliens.
Title: "When the Earth Vanished!"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Villains: Goloks [alien invaders]
Others: little boy
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Goloks' world; earth
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#25
Synopsis: The Goloks set off to invade earth, but upon arrival, find it white and barren. They set up explosives to destroy the planet, but are themselves caught in the explosion and killed. Unknown to the Goloks, to humans, they were only the size of microbes-- the "planet" they landed on was a child's ping-pong ball.
"I Lived a Million Years"
Title: "I am...Gorak!"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Gorak [sorcerer]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: a comic book
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#16
Synopsis: Gorak is the most powerful man in the world with his sorcerous might-- but only because he's a comic book character.
"I Created the Colossus"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#17
Title: "Goom! The Thing From Planet X!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Mark Langley [scientist]
Villains: Goom [monster from "Planet X" with telekinesis and super-tech]
Others: Helen Langley [Mark's wife], other aliens from Planet X
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's earth, "Planet X" [located beyond Jupiter]
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Man-Thing#1
Synopsis: Langley, determined to prove other planets exists in earth's solar system, contacts Goom, who comes to earth and conquers it with his powers and technology, lifting whole cities into the sky, and regressing men to infants; Langley sends a message to Planet X which other citizens receive, and come to take Goom home, for Goom is a criminal on his world.
Notes: Goom's son appears in Tales Of Suspense#17
Title: "I am the Living Ghost!"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: ghost-hunter
Others: living statues and suits of armor
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Blackhorn castle, England
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Dracula#4
Synopsis: A man who doesn't believe in ghosts investigates a castle, but is scared off by apparitions. He now believes in ghosts, though the actual haunters are living statues and suits of armor.
"Moomboo"
"Nightmare"
"The Hands of Hogarr"
"Alone in the Dark"
Reprinted In: Dead of Night#8
Title: "Beware of Googam, Son of Goom!!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: Mark Langley
Villains: Googam, son of Goom [from #15]
Others: Helen Langley, Billy Langley [Mark and Helen's son], Luke and Sara Perkwhistle [elderly neighbours]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#16
Synopsis: Googam is found in a cave by Billy, and he quickly takes over the Langley home, toying with them until he matures to full size. Billy challenges Googam to a game of tag, leading him into quicksand which he sinks into.
"What Lurks in the Mountain"
Reprinted In: Creatures On the Loose#18
"There is Something Strange About Mr. Jones"
Reprinted In: Fear#10
Title: "Kraa the Unhuman"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Kraa [African changed by Atomic radiation into a monstrous being, dies], "Teach"
Others: The Wabuzi tribe
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's Africa
Reprinted In: Marvel Monster Masterworks; Where Monsters Dwell#15
Synopsis: Teacher goes to Africa to learn about the statues of the Wabuzi, which are based on the monstrous Kraa, whom he befriends. Kraa dies tragically saving Teach from a python, making the Wabuzi believe Teach has superhuman powers, leading to monuments in his honor.
"Enter the Robot"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#20
"The Mysterious Mr. P"
Title: "The Green Thing!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: botanist
Villains: Green Thing [weed made intelligent, dies]
Others: Ignatius Rex [good plant]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's Australia
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#14
Synopsis: A botanist develops a serum which makes a weed super-intelligent; the weed wants to raise an army against mankind, but the botanist brings Igantius Rex to life, and it destroys the weed.
Title: "The Haunted Paper!"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Villains: Nick Rover [crook]
Others: Olef [newspaper typsetter]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#14
Synopsis: Rover takes over a newspaper, but finds that Olef prints up articles that predict the future accurately; after one claims he will meet with an accident, Rover turns himself in to the police.
Title: "The Coming of Maboo!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Villains: Dirk Collins [thief], Maboo [alien]
Others: Charlie Wilkins [treasure hunter]
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: Burma
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#14
Synopsis: Collins learns of a village that worships an alien named Maboo; he disguises himself as Maboo to get their gold, only to be confronted with the true Maboo.
"The Rocking Horse"
"The Bomb"
Title: "The Man From Tomorrow"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Walter Phelps [time traveler]
Others: Marcus, other Romans
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1965; 25 A.D. Rome
Synopsis: Phelps goes back in time to rule Rome with his superior technology, but none of it works without electricity...including the time machine.
"Whose Face Is In the Mirror"
Title: "Bruttu"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Bruttu [Howard, scientist-turned-monster]
Others: Anne Benson [lab technician]
Genre: Monster, Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#3; Monsters on the Prowl#18
Synopsis: Howard is a weak man, in love with Anne. He finds himself wishing he were like the monster Bruttu he saw in a comic book, and when he falls into an atomic device, he does become the creature. Unable to speak, he rampages about trying to get help. Encountering Anne, he learns that she loved him as Howard, and he is able to transform himself back by focusing on his true self, then destroys the machine and goes to Anne.
"Only One is Human"
Reprinted In: Creatures on the Loose#20
"The Anatomy of a Nightmare"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#18
Title: "I Entered the Dimension of Doom!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: John Cummings [inquisitive boy]
Villains: invaders from 2-dimensional world, Hypno-Creature
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America, 2-dimensional world
Reprinted In: Fear#9
Synopsis: Cummings' inquisitive nature serves him well when he discovers invaders from a 2-dimensional world; he escapes them and seals up their passage to Earth.
Title: "The Creature From the Black Bog"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: John and Martha [elderly couple]
Others: giant alien
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's Florida Everglades
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#19
Synopsis: John and Martha help a giant alien escape from a bog; he rewards them by regressing them back to their prime with water from the Fountain of Youth.
"Going Down"
Reprinted In: Creatures on the Loose#19
Title: "The Changeling"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: John [man from Centaurus II]
Others: Alana [John's lover]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Centaurus II, Earth
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#19
Synopsis: John wants to see Earth, the planet his people originally came from, but it is forbidden. He steals a vessel to visit Earth, but finds that he is smaller than a fly to their perspective, which is why they can never return.
Title: "The Insect Man"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: Sgt. Mason [test subject]
Villains: Insect Men [underground race]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#19
Synopsis:Mason journeys to the centre of the earth as a test for astronauts, and is captured by Insect Men who treat him like a plaything. He escapes back to the surface, but believes it all to be a dream-- except for the giant insect hair found within his craft and thrown away by a janitor.
Title: "Beware...the Ticking Clocks!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: King Linus [benevolent ruler]
Villains: Claudius Zemu [despot], Klugari [assassin]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Medieval times
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#19
Synopsis: Linus is beloved by all, but Zemu wants his kingdom, and sends Klugari to kill him. However, Klugari vanishes...and later, a figurine on the king's clock appears that looks just like Klugari.
Title: "Something Lurks in the Fog!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Heroes: Sam Farrow [con man]
Villains: Limbo creatures
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#19
Synopsis: Farrow becomes a bus driver, and is told to never take one route, but does so anyway, and finds himself in a limbo-like place, with a dark hooded figure facing him. Terrified, he flees, and goes straight.
Title: "Long Live the King!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: King Kim [ruler, dies]
Villains: Prince Rujak [dies]
Others: Queen Sari [Kim's wife]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: ancient Tibet
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#19
Synopsis: When the good king Kim dies, Rujak marries Sari and takes the throne, but is a despot. He plans to kill Sari, but Sari is warned in time, and Rujak falls from the castle tower. Who warned Sari? Kim's portrait.
Title: "The Death of Monstrollo"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Charles Hudson [filmmaker]
Villains: aliens
Others: Monstrollo [giant monster film prop]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's America
Synopsis: Hudson is forced by public pressure to abandon his scary Monstrollo film, but uses the prop to drive off alien invaders.
Title: "The Unseen"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Villains: Jason Wilkes [scientist], Russian agent
Others: Wilkes' sister
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Fall, 1961, America
Synopsis: Wilkes agrees to help Russia in exchange for 1 million dollars, and builds an invisible ray, but after testing it on himself, cannot make himself visible again.
"The Hidden Face"
"The Enchanted Paint"
Title: "It Crawls By Night!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: Jed Hanson [farmer]
Villains: plant-creature
Others: Tommy Hanson [Jed's son], Mrs. Hanson
Genre: Monster, Horror
Setting: Jed Hanson's farm and surrounding community
Reprinted In: Fear#8
Synopsis: Jed creates a plant that can grow anywhere, but it quickly spread across the countryside, destroying whatever crosses its path; Jed drives it off by using fragments from a meteor that cause it to shrivel up.
Title: "Never Trust a Martian!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Villains: Russians [dressed as Martians], Martians
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Fear#8
Synopsis: Russian agents masquerade as Martians to cause a drop in American morale (!), but then real Martians show up and capture them for interfering with their invasion plan.
Title: "The Face!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Villains: thief [dies]
Others: Lama [dies]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: India
Reprinted In: Fear#8
Synopsis: After killing a lama to steal his ruby, the thief is haunted, seeing the Lama's face everywhere he looks. He stops the train he's aboard to escape him, but accidentally leaps off the bridge and down the cliff.
"Seven Long Years"
Title: "On the Trail of the Witch"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Villains: female witch, Inspector Koraz [male witch]
Genre: Horror
Setting: Europe
Reprinted In: Beware#1
Synopsis: Koraz sets out to ensnare a local witch, but only to help her escape, as he's a witch himself.
"Oog Lives Again"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#20
"John Doe"
"His Name Was Merlin"
Title: "Titan, the Amphibian From Atlantis!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: John Cartwright [auto businessman]
Villains: Titan [monster from Atlantis]
Others: Atlantis' King
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's America, Atlantis
Reprinted In: Marvel Monster Masterworks; Uncanny Tales From The Grave#12; Fantasy Masterpieces#7
Synopsis: When the Titan appears from the ocean offering a treasure to whatever human will tell them of the earth's defenses, John Cartwright answers, and goes to Atlantis-- but tells them that earth's defenses are so powerful, they could never conquer the earth. The Atlanteans kill him, but earth has been saved from an invasion.
Title: "Back From the Dead!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: unnamed criminal
Villains: the Stone Men and their captain
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: South America, Easter Island
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills #11; Tomb of Darkness#16
Synopsis: A criminal on the run heads to Easter Island, where a man tells him how the statues can be brought to life by a magic scroll. He finds it, but when the statues revive, they decide to take him to their space zoo. He appeals to the native for help, but the native is their captain.
"Man on the Scaffold!"
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#21
"The Secret of the Black Planet"
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#4
"The Dummy"
Title: "The Martian Who Stole a City!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: Bobby [teenager]
Villains: Martian
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#21; Crypt of Shadows#20
Synopsis: A Martian sets about capturing entire buildings by teleporting them and their occupants to Mars. Bobby defeats him by realizing he only strikes by night-- he is afraid of the light.
Title: "Nothing Can Save Us!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: Captain Rick Marshall, crew of the X-34
Villains: fire-breathing Dragon
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 2088, alien world
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#21
Synopsis: The X-34 crew encounter a dragon, and attempt to kill it, but Marshall prevents them, realizing that they need the dragon's flame-breath to repel the constant meteor bombardments on that planet.
"The Thing in the Locked Room"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#17
"It Was Only a Simple Barbershop...Or Was It?"
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#15
Title: "The Ghost Rode a Roller Coaster!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Villains: Charlie Harris [amusement park owner, dies]
Others: Walter Burke [sickly engineer, dies]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#19
Synopsis: Burke helps design an astounding amusement park for Harris, but his effort is never enough; after he dies while constructing a scary roller coaster for Harris, Harris decides to test it out; he is confronted by Burke's ghost during the ride, who explains that it is truly the scariest ride of them all-- it doesn't return to the ground.
Title: "The Stranger in Space!"
Story:
Art: John Forte
Heroes: Frank Mason [astronaut]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 2888, space station
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#20
Synopsis: Mason, on his way to galaxy M-19, is surprised to find a craft identical to his which just came from M-19; he finally learns that the other ship is himself, as the travel through space had displaced him in time.
"The Creature From Krangro"
Reprinted In: Creatures on the Loose#19
"The Man Who Couldn't Grow Old"
"Inside the Fallout Shelter"
Title: "The Man Who Found Shangri-La"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Paul Drumm [explorer]
Villains: Harry Drumm [Paul's brother]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Shangri-La
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#11
Synopsis: Harry follows his brother Paul on an expedition to Shangri-La, hoping to steal their treasures, only to find that Shangri-La appears differently to every man-- and to him, it's hell.
Title: "Monster in the Iron Mask"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: magician
Villains: Monster in the Iron Mask [alien invader]
Others: Bobby [magician's son], his dog
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#18
Synopsis: The Monster in the Iron Mask claims to be immune to all attacks except gas and poison, which is why he wears a mask; the magician realizes that it's an example of sleight-of-hand, and that the mask doesn't protect him at all; the Monster is defeated and leaves Earth.
Title: "The Man in the Beehive!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Lucius Farnsworth [bee-keeping millionarie, mutant]
Others: Eric [employee of Farnsworth], bees
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#8; Where Monsters Dwell#34
Synopsis: Eric attempts to rob Farnsworth, but is found by him. As punishment, Farnsworth unleashes his mutant powers to make Eric small, and Eric is chased through Farnsworth's beehives by the bees. After many close calls, Eric is caught, and suddenly, returns to normal. Farnsworth claims he used a hypnotic trick on Eric...but Eric finds a tiny miniature gun that looks just like his on the floor.
Title: "Sazzik, the Sorcerer"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Villains: Sazzik [15th century sorcerer], Boris Grimm [tv producer]
Others: Borgias [another infamous sorcerer]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Hollywood
Reprinted In: Dead of Night #9
Synopsis: Grimm is loathed for his gore-soaked tv programs; learning of Sazzik, he decides to make a show about him; while reciting a spell from the book on Sazzik, Sazzik himself appears and sends Grimm to the nether-world.
"The One Who Isn't Human"
"The Thing in the Sky"
Title: "I Was Trapped in the Chamber of Fear!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby
Villains: Mike Matthews [reporter]
Others: Stan Lee, Hiram Cragmoor [servant of Fate]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's New York
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#6
Synopsis: Matthews is a wicked reporter who blackmails others for their secrets. Hearing that Cragmoor is a recluse, he decides to dig up the dirt on him, only to find that Cragmoor is a servant of fate who sends souls to their final resting place. He forces Matthews to take his place, then tries to sell the story to Marvel Comics. Stan Lee finds it too unbelieveable.
Title: "The Mystery of the Tax Collector From Space"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Villains: Harry Grubb [unemployed actor, poses as Orgg the tax collector]
Others: aliens
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Synopsis: After finding a dead alien in a saucer, Grubb poses as Orgg to extort money from America, but it turns out it was all a ploy by the aliens to capture him as a specimen.
"The Secret of the Mirage"
"Where Is the Wommelly?"
Title: "Forbidden World"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: United Planet explorers [John, Eric]
Others: Aliens
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Sector X330, the distant future
Reprinted In: Star Wars Weekly#89
Synopsis: The explorers attempt to enter a planet surrounded by mist, but the aliens keep trying to fire them down. They eventually learn this is because the mist is composed of anti-matter, but only after Eric loses his life.
Notes: Titled "Forbidden Planet" in Star Wars Weekly#89.
"Who Am I?"
"The Coming of the Giants"
Title: "I Accepted the Deadly Challenge of Zarkorr"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Dave Barlett [45-year old spaceman]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: August, 2065, Earth, Mars
Synopsis: Barlett's career ends at the age of 45, but when the alien Zarkorr threatens Earth's destruction unless they complete a race to Mars, Bartlett emerges from retirement and saves the day...having posed as Zarkorr himself to prove to the Earth that older men are useful after all.
"I Must Enter the Tomb of Tut-Am-Tut"
"Never Threaten a Witchman"
"Revolt of the Robots"
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#13
Title: "Meet Mr. Meek! The Most Dangerous Man in the World!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Heroes: Silvester J. Meek [bookstore owner]
Villains: aliens
Others: Daisy Printwhistle [Silvester's girlfriend], Ralph Avery [scientist, Silvester's friend]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Synopsis: Meek obtains books from a strange man which contain a formula for the golden touch; when he uses it on himself, he begins to create gold everywhere he turns; Ralph realizes that aliens must be responsible, and tells them to leave Meek alone.
"The Final Weapon"
"The Gorilla From Outer Space"
Title: "Haag! Hunter of Helpless Humans!
Story: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Brett Marlowe [hunter]
Villains: Haag [alien hunter]
Others: Soviets, Japanese
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: 1960's America, Africa, Japan, Russia, Andes
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#12
Synopsis: Haag decides to hunt humans for sport; a big game hunter finds the solution by forcing Haag into a trap, forcing him to release his captives.
"A Voice in the Dark"
Title: "The Last Rocket!"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Heroes: Adam and Eve [man and wife]
Villains:
Others:
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Earth [future?]
Reprinted In: Tales Of Suspense#39 Marvel Milestone
Synopsis: With news of the sun's imminent destruction, earthmen evacuate, save one husband and wife. When the time finally comes, a new sun is born, and Adam and Eve are left to re-populate the earth.
Title: "Gundar"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Gundar [ship-wrecked man]
Villains: Gundar [ruthless Viking]
Others: Vikings, Odin
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: A nameless island, 1960's
Reprinted In: Tales of Suspense#39 Marvel Milestone; Creatures On The Loose#22
Synopsis: A shipwrecked man meets Vikings, who tell him how they mutinyed against their tyrannical captain, who cursed them to remain upon a deserted island, which only he could lift. However, the shipwrecked man is Gundar's descendent, and lifts the curse, returning them home.
Title: "The Gargoyles"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: unnamed hunter
Others: Wattu [African], Gargoyles [misshapen creatures worshipped as gods by Africans]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Africa
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Dracula#4
Synopsis: A hunter tells his friend how he discovered the Gargoyles in Africa, and how he fears they pose a danger to humankind, but his friend convinces him that even if the creatures do exist, they pose no threat. Unknown to the hunter, his own friend is one of the Gargoyles.
"Mr. Flubb's Flashlight"
Title: "The Green Thing"
Story: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Art: Larry Lieber, Matt Fox
Heroes: gardener
Villains: plant from Fernius [dies]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Creatures on the Loose#21
Synopsis: A Fernusian threatens Earth with its psychic powers but winds up being devoured by a crow.