I did it! I killed him, last night! Killed the only man in the world who could keep me from loneliness... from... from... ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! 
- —Joe
Appearing in "The Wax Men"
Featured Characters:
- Jonathan Welch (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Antagonists:
- Helen Jones (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Wax Men"
A man has dinner every night with wax figures around the table and refers to them as his family. A woman schemes to marry him for his money even though she believes him to be insane, but she finds out that they really are his family, as he is made of wax too.
Appearing in "Enough Rope!"
Featured Characters:
- Augustus Merlin (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Fakir (First appearance; dies)
- Fakir's Assistant (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Magicians' Convention
- Numerous unnamed magicians
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- "Beyond the Grave"
Synopsis for "Enough Rope!"
A ridiculed magician named Augustus Merlin learns a rope trick from an Indian fakir after threatening his life. He first tried to receive the information from the fakir's assistant but the assistant refused and Merlin killed him. He then confronted and threatened the fakir who revealed the information to Merlin but was killed anyway to hide the previous murder.
When Augustus performed the rope trick at the annual magicians' convention for the first time he soon found out that the rope trick transported him into the realm of the dead where the fakir and his assistant were waiting for him. The fakir told him that while Merlin knew how to perform the trick he never taught him how to leave after the performance. The fakir and the boy assistant than reached for Merlin's throat, the same way he had murdered the both of them.
Appearing in "The Body Snatchers"
Featured Characters:
- Dr. Hans Knopf (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Hugo
- Fritz (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Six unnamed undead doctors
Other Characters:
- Dr. Hans Medical Students
- Adolph (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
- Max
- Three unnamed students
- Three unnamed medical peers
- Bramburg Police
- Two unnamed police officers
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Body Snatchers"
Corpses rise to take revenge upon a doctor who deals with ghouls in order to procure bodies for his medical school.
Appearing in "Juggernaut"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed False Priest of Vishnu
Antagonists:
- Numerous unnamed spirits of those sacrificed
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed worshippers of Vishnu
- Vishnu (Statue)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Vishnu Wagon
Synopsis for "Juggernaut"
A priest convinces followers to sacrifice themselves under the wheels of a heavy cart so that he can steal their belongings. In the night the cart chases the priest up a hill and he sees that it is being pushed by the ghosts of the sacrificed men.
Appearing in "Tennis Anyone?"
Featured Characters:
- Burgess Harlow (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Antagonists:
- Dick Satin (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Devil (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Dick Satin's Racket
Synopsis for "Tennis Anyone?"
A tennis player with poor form beats an expert with a racket consisting of strings of human intestine.
Appearing in "The Last Man!"
Featured Characters:
- Joe (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Clerk (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Unidentified Police Department (Main story and flashback)
- Numerous unnamed police officers (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Bank Guard (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
- Aliens (Vision or hallucination)
- Two unnamed aliens (Vision or hallucination)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
Synopsis for "The Last Man!"
A bank robber shoots a clerk, and when he is slugged in the head by a police officer, he finds himself lost in a guilt induced fantasy where aliens have kidnapped all of Earth's population except for him and the clerk and the clerk dies in his arms from the bullet wound.
Notes
Publisher Notes[]
- "The Wax Men" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #29.
- "The Body Snatchers" is reprinted in Tomb of Darkness #12.
- "Juggernaut" is reprinted in Tomb of Darkness #9.
- "Tennis Anyone?" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #29.
- "The Last Man!" is reprinted in Haunt of Horror (Vol. 2) #1.