They stood there watching me... The Unholy Three! The one with the jagged, leering fangs... the one with the incredibly long talons... the one with the drooling forked tongue! 
- —Peter Morrison
Appearing in "Horror in the Graveyard"
Featured Characters:
- Peter Morrison (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Supporting Characters:
- Professor Tomkins (First appearance; dies)
- Howard (First appearance; dies)
- Tom Prentice (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Unholy Three (First appearance)
- "One with the Jagged, Leering Fangs" (First appearance)
- "One with the Incredibly Long Talons" (First appearance)
- "One with the Drooling Forked Tongue" (First appearance)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Grisdale (First appearance)
- Grisdale Cemetery (First appearance)
- Grisdale (First appearance)
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "Horror in the Graveyard"
Peter Morrison stops at the Grisdale Cemetery where he's accosted by three zombies he calls the Unholy Three. They want to eat his blood but he makes a deal with them that in exchange for his life he will bring his three friends to be sacrificed. They agree and one by one Peter sacrifices his friends to the creatures. Once done, they accept the terms and leave Peter be, but the newly created zombies of his friends will not.
Appearing in "The End"
Featured Characters:
- Jimmy Caborn (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Harry Caborn (First appearance)
- Martha Caborn (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Old Man Jenkins (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-Unknown
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Old Man Jenkins' House (First appearance; destruction)
- United States of America
- Asia (Mentioned in narration)
- South America (Mentioned in narration)
- Europe (Mentioned in narration)
- Russia (Mentioned in narration)
- Great Sphinx (Mentioned)
- North America
- Earth
Items:
- Magic Clay
Synopsis for "The End"
A handicapped boy named Jimmy Caborn can't use his legs and is bound to a wheelchair. In order to try and lift is spirits his father buys him some clay and tells Jimmy it's magic clay. Jimmy uses the clay to destroy various things first to test the clay then to get revenge on a mean neighbor, then to destroy the world after he learns that World War III is starting.
Appearing in "The Hangman's Noose"
Featured Characters:
- Abner Slocum (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Apex Rope Company (First appearance)
- Clyde Dean (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Unnamed Police Officer
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Hangman's Noose"
A seller of inferior rope hits his business partner with a crowbar and thinks he has killed him, so he fashions one of the ropes into a hangman's noose and props the body into it so it appears as a suicide. He gets a cop to follow him back to the warehouse as a witness, but when he arrives, he is confronted by the man he thought he killed. He tells the officer that he was only knocked out by the crowbar and the rope was so cheap that it could not support his weight and broke.
Appearing in "The Little Pests"
Featured Characters:
- George Harper (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Helen Harper (First appearance; dies)
- Stella (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Health Authority Agent
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- North America
- South America (Mentioned)
- Paris, France (Mentioned)
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Little Pests"
After a husband disposes of his murdered wife's body in the pond, his new girlfriend complains so much to the county about the mosquitoes around the house that they drain it.
Appearing in "The 13th Floor"
Featured Characters:
- Bart Creel (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Numerous unnamed ghouls
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Elevator Operator
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The 13th Floor"
A building manager is approached by a ghoul who wants to rent the 13th floor. He says there is no 13th floor but the ghoul threatens to kill him if he refuses the month rental and so he draws up a lease. Whenever one of the ghoul's associates enters the elevator and asks the bellman to stop at 13, a floor appears, but when only humans are on the elevator there is no such floor. This maddens the manager and so at the end of the month he demands the ghoul show him the space so that he can ascertain he and his associates have vacated the premises. The ghoul agrees but when they exit the elevator the manager is delighted to discover the space is actually there and wants to measure it so that he can rent it out. The ghoul warns him to return to the elevator as the floor does not exist for humans, but the manager refuses to pay heed. Once the elevator door shuts, the manager's body becomes suspended in-between the 12th and 14th floors.
Appearing in "The Man Who Cried Ghost"
Featured Characters:
- Willie Wortle (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Two unnamed police officers
Antagonists:
- Ghosts
- Numerous unnamed ghosts
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Greenlawn Cemetery (First appearance)
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Man Who Cried Ghost"
A bored cemetery caretaker crank calls the police about being menaced by ghosts, but then the ghosts show up for real and haul him away.
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
- There is some minor differences concerning the Unholy Three seen in "Horror in the Graveyard" within this issue and when it is reprinted as "Ghouls in the Graveyard" in Crypt of Shadows #11. In this issue the Unholy three are referred to as zombies while in Crypt of Shadows they are called ghouls.
Publication Notes[]
- "Horror in the Graveyard" is reprinted as "Ghouls in the Graveyard" in Crypt of Shadows #11.
- "The Hangman's Noose" is reprinted in Vault of Evil #12.
- "The Little Pests" is reprinted in Uncanny Tales (Vol. 2) #5.
- "The 13th Floor" is reprinted in Dead of Night #5.
- "The Man Who Cried Ghost" is reprinted in Tomb of Darkness #10.