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Quote1 I don't want money or jewels or your precious estate... All I want is.. FOOD FOR MY PETS! Quote2
—Unnamed Man (Rat Charmer)

Appearing in "Don't Try to Outsmart the Devil!"

Featured Characters:

  • Mr. Murdock (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

  • Igor

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Taxi Driver
  • Death (Referenced)
  • Carl (Only in flashback) (First appearance; dies)

Races and Species:

Locations:

  • Earth
    • Murdock's Estate
      • Underground Dungeon
        • Vault
    • Igor's Cottage
    • Unidentified Cemetery
    • Unidentified Workshop (Only in flashback)
    • Unidentified Bridge (Only in flashback) (Destruction)

Vehicles:

  • Taxi

Synopsis for "Don't Try to Outsmart the Devil!"

An evil man makes a bargain with Satan that his heart will never stop beating so that he will live forever, but Satan merely arranges it so that his heart continues to beat after his body has rotted away.

Appearing in "The Visitor"

Featured Characters:

  • Unidentified Mist

Supporting Characters:

  • John
  • Ann

Antagonists:

  • Unnamed Gangster
  • Unnamed Businessman (Apparent death)
  • Unnamed Thief

Other Characters:

  • Nemo (Mentioned)
  • Andrew (Mentioned)
  • Unnamed Blind Man
  • Mulvaney (Police Officer) (Mentioned)
  • Unnamed Old Man

Races and Species:

  • Humans
  • Unidentified Mist Creatures

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Visitor"

A mysterious mist haunts the small midwestern town of Pageville. A small time gangster awaits in the shadows with the intent of killing his victim but the image of the mist appears and runs him off scared for his life. A business man in an office is breaking into a safe with the intent of defrauding his partner but the mist image appears and the would be thief jumps out of a window to his death. Finally a man named John announces that he has discovered that humanity is being watched by alien creatures that wish to remain hidden. He states that he is on the verge of proving their existence but he is later found by his wife, completely insane after the appearance of the mysterious mist.

Appearing in "Sugar is -- Death!"

  • Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for "Sugar is -- Death!"

  • Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "The Hands of Death"

Featured Characters:

  • Sandra Hanlow

Supporting Characters:

  • Unnamed Laborer (Impersonates an old woman)

Antagonists:

  • Strangler (Bobby Gerard)

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Woman (First appearance; dies)
  • Daily Chronicle
    • Unnamed Chief
    • Unnamed Employee

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Hands of Death"

A woman's car breaks down in an area where women have been strangled and since she is frightened she tries to take shelter in a nearby house. The person behind the door is bundled up like an old woman and tells her that she doesn't want to open the door, but the young lady pleads, and she relents. When the woman gets a look at the bundled person's arm, she sees that he is a man, and assumes he is the strangler. She screams, and another man breaks in the door, but the new man on the scene is actually the stranger. The bundled person tosses aside his disguise and kills the strangler, apologizes to the woman for frightening her, and explains that the strangler had murdered his wife and so he had disguised himself as bait.

Appearing in "The Man Who Talked to Rats!"

Featured Characters:

  • Paul Crandall (Apparent death)

Antagonists:

  • Unnamed Man (Rat Charmer)
  • Man's Rats

Other Characters:

  • Paul Crandall's Uncle (Voice only) (Death)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Man Who Talked to Rats!"

A man comes across a man who talks to rats in an alley and makes a deal with him to kill his uncle so he will inherit his money. The weird guy sends his rats into the estate to chew up the old guy and the nephew both.

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