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Quote1 I hate the sound of the human voice! I won't even have a radio or a TV set! I despise civilization! Let 'em a-bomb it out of existence! Quote2
—Mr. Belding

Appearing in "The Vampire-Man"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Vampire Council
    • Numerous unnamed members

Other Characters:

  • Vampire's Victim (Apparent death)
  • Tom Malverne's Landlady (First appearance; dies)
  • Tom Malverne's Nine Victims (First appearance; dies)

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Locations:

Items:

  • Jack the Ripper's Knife

Events:

Synopsis for "The Vampire-Man"

This story postulates the Jack the Ripper killings were done by a hateful hunchback who wanted to become a vampire so he could kill mortals, but was repulsed by the sight of blood, so vampires killed him when he could not fulfill their condition that he partake of human blood before new year's eve.

Appearing in "Black Box"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #11
(originally printed as Endless Steps)

Synopsis for "Black Box"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #11
(originally printed as Endless Steps)
  • Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "From Out of the... Grave!"

Featured Characters:

  • Fletcher Grimm (First appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

  • Unnamed Doctor

Antagonists:

  • Night Watch Guard (First appearance; dies)
  • Zombies

Other Characters:

  • Doctor's Students
    • Numerous unnamed students

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Locations:

Synopsis for "From Out of the... Grave!"

In old England, a grave robber named Grimm makes his living digging up corpses and selling them to scientists to vivisect illegally. When the scientists are finished, they have Grimm dispose of the bodies. Instead of putting them back in their graves, Grimm simply tosses them in the river. On the night Grimm planned to retire, the scientists find a body on their vivisection table, and cut it open only to find that they have cut open a living man, and killed him. As it turns out, the offended dead had risen from their watery graves to get revenge against Grimm, and set him up to be killed by his employers.

Appearing in "The Man Who Walked the Plank"

Featured Characters:

  • Unnamed Pirate Captain (Apparent death)

Supporting Characters:

  • Pirate Crew
    • Numerous unnamed pirates (First appearance; dies)

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

  • Numerous unnamed slaves (First appearance; dies)
  • Merchant Ship Crew
    • Numerous unnamed sailors (First appearance; dies)

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Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Pirate Ship

Synopsis for "The Man Who Walked the Plank"

After a pirate captain's ship is sunk, he finds himself surrounded by sharks, floating on the plank he has forced many to walk off of. His undead victims from Davey Jone's locker jostle the plank, forcing him to walk it, until he tires and falls prey to the sharks.

Appearing in "The Faceless Ones"

Featured Characters:

  • Faceless Ones
    • Numerous unnamed faceless ones

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Space Crew
    • Jim
    • Numerous unnamed crewmembers

Races and Species:

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Rocket Ship

Synopsis for "The Faceless Ones"

The first space flight from Earth finds the astronauts landing in Hell.

Appearing in "The Horrible House!"

Featured Characters:

  • Mr. Belding (Apparent death)

Antagonists:

  • Two unnamed ghosts

Races and Species:

Locations:

  • Earth
    • Mr. Belding's House

Synopsis for "The Horrible House!"

A wealthy man dreams of an atom bomb wrecking his house and burying him alive, so he goes into the country where he thinks he is safe and has a house built. The construction men warn him that the ground is soft, but he disregards their warning, and the entire house sinks beneath the earth with him inside.

Notes

  • "The Vampire-Man" is reprinted in Dracula #3.
  • "From Out of the... Grave!" is reprinted in Zombie #2.
  • "The Faceless Ones" is reprinted in Fear #25.
  • "The Horrible House!" is reprinted in Beware #5.

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