- —Josiah Creech
Appearing in "The Woman Who Wasn't"
Featured Characters:
- Professor Fred Lansing (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Joe Carnie (First appearance)
- Vin Minetti (First appearance)
- Lansing's Assistant
Antagonists:
- Medusa (First appearance) (Medusa's Daughter)
Other Characters:
Races and Species:
- Gorgons (Main story and flashback)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Pigs (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Bats (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America
- Europe (Only in flashback)
- Greece (Only in flashback)
- Athens
- Thermopylae
- Olympia
- Stadium of Olympia (First appearance)
- Medusa-Land (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Temple of Rubies (First appearance)
- Medusa-Land (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Stadium of Olympia (First appearance)
- Greece (Only in flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "The Woman Who Wasn't"
A man funds an expedition to visit a hidden wealthy land beneath Greece that is home to Medusa's daughter. When the man attempts to rob from Medusa and her people she deals with the thieves by transforming them into a new strain of snake-hair upon her head.
Appearing in "The Lion's Mouth"
Featured Characters:
- Pierre Brazo (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Suba (First appearance) (Lion)
Antagonists:
- Mrs. Brazo (Pierre's Wife)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Ringmaster
- Ebony (Panther)
- Satan (Tiger)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Lion's Mouth"
A lion-tamer hates his wife and so he trains the lion that he puts his head in to hate her too. His wife decides to get rid of him by sewing a picture of herself on the skullcap he wears when he puts his head in the lion's mouth.
Appearing in "The Thing in the Cave"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "The Thing in the Cave"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "He Kept Him in Stitches!"
Featured Characters:
- Ivan Pushkin (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Anna Pushkin (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Soviet Army
- Unnamed Commissar (Apparent death)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "He Kept Him in Stitches!"
A surgeon gets the chance to operate on a Communist overlord and leaves his scalpel inside of him near his heart so that when he recovers enough in two days to move, he will die.
Appearing in "Jaws of Death"
Featured Characters:
- Jack Spence (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Bart Tedlow (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Mr. Jones (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Unidentified Gator Farm
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "Jaws of Death"
When a bank-robber's partner runs out on him and leaves him behind for the police, his ghost fools the sap with false promises of stolen money hidden in the alligator pit into getting devoured.
Appearing in "The Tarantula!"
Featured Characters:
- Kurt (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Kurt's Fraternity of Scavengers
- Three unnamed members
Antagonists:
- Josiah Creech (First appearance)
- Josiah's Children
- Numerous unnamed members
Other Characters:
- Carl
- Fritz
Races & Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Tarantula!"
A village is victimized by vampire tarantulas.
Notes
- "The Woman Who Wasn't" is reprinted in Vault of Evil #3.
- "The Lion's Mouth" is reprinted in Vault of Evil #3.
- "He Kept Him in Stitches" is reprinted in Monsters on the Prowl #23.
- "Jaws of Death" is reprinted in Vault of Evil #3.
- "The Tarantula!" is reprinted in Vault of Evil #3.