—Unnamed Mysterious ManThey are the rulers, who live beside you Earthlings, but in another dimension! They use Earth as a laboratory, watching the inhabitants, and guiding them mentally! Only such thoughts as they wish Earthlings to have, are permitted!
Appearing in "The Little People"
Featured Characters:
- Bushman Brothers' Circus (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Little Lewis Family (First appearance)
- Tim Lewis (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
- Lon Lewis (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Silas Lewis (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Laura Lewis (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Little Lewis Family (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Barker (Spotty) (Dog-Man)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Carnival Barker (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed Police Officer (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed Judge (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "The Little People"
A midget would be doctor is arrested for practicing surgery without a license. He and his midget family are brought before a court when a circus owner appears to speak on their behalf. The circus owner promises to employ them gainfully if the court releases them to his custody. The judge agrees and the midget family is forced to perform in the owners circus under cruel circumstances. At one point the circus owner kills one of the child midgets and the other midget family members decide to seek revenge. They chloroform the owner and perform an operation on him in which they remove his head and replace it with that of a dog. The circus barker becomes the new attraction nicknamed “Dogman”.
Appearing in "The Hands!"
Featured Characters:
- Gary Birch (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Numerous unnamed Lobster-Men
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Carnival (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed Carnival Barker (Only in flashback)
- Dr. Emanuel
- Atlas Jewelry Co.
Races and Species:
- Lobster-Men (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "The Hands!"
A man with a pair of claws for hands pays for an operation to give him normal hands and on his twenty-fifth birthday, turns into a lobster with a pair of human hands.
Appearing in "The Three Doors"
Featured Characters:
- Randy Scott (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Miriam Scott (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- "Strange Little Man" (Devil) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Parkington (Attorney)
- Miriam's Mother
- Miriam's Father
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Three Doors"
Appearing in "Hex!"
Featured Characters:
- Silas Blackwell (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- John-Johns (Foreman) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Physician
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Hex!"
A cruel and sadistic boss named Blackwell beats on his native laborers in a coffee plantation in Brazil. A foreman named John Johns stands up for the laborers and tries to get Blackwell to show mercy. Blackwell is eventually poisoned and becomes very weak. He pleads for mercy from John Johns. He agrees to help Blackwell on the condition that he change his ways and treat the laborers with respect. Blackwell grudgingly agrees. Johns leads him into the dense jungle to retrieve a strange type of bark from the trees. Blackwell marks the tree with an X so he can find it again. They return back to the plantation where he soon starts to feel better with the remedy from the bark. Blackwell soon returns back to his cruel ways. Johns has no choice but to poison him again. Blackwell sends for Johns and murders him. He is confident that he can cure himself with the bark from the mysterious jungle trees and he knows just how to locate them. Blackwell returns to the dense jungles and finds that all the trees have been marked with an X. He is doomed to die.
Appearing in "They're Driving Me Crazy!"
Featured Characters:
- Dr. Henry Johnson (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Milldale Scientific Foundation (First appearance)
- Dr. Milldale (First appearance)
- Paul Erskine (First appearance)
- Unnamed Mysterious Man
Antagonists:
- Unidentified Aliens (Behind the scenes)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Synthetic Man
- Millie Johnson (First appearance)
- Henry Johnson's Son
- Henry Johnson's Daughter
- Unnamed Apartment Doorman
- "Henry Johnson" (Photo)
- Paul Erskine's Son (Referenced)
- Daily Record
- John Bancroft (Mentioned in narration)
- Dr. Dorothy Sloane (Mentioned in narration)
- Professor Adolf Klien (Mentioned in narration)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- Unidentified Dimension (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "They're Driving Me Crazy!"
This story postulates that the people of Earth are in reality the slaves of beings from another dimension who control all thought that people are allowed to have. When an occasion savant arises that produces knowledge the masters don't want people to have, that individual is made nonexistent.
Notes
- "The Little People" is reprinted in Beware #6.
- "The Hands!" is reprinted in Monsters Unleashed #4.
- "Hex!" is reprinted in Beware #6.
- "They're Driving Me Crazy!" is reprinted in Monsters on the Prowl #28.