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Quote1 I am an Atlantan! You have probably heard how Atlantis, a great continent, disappeared into the sea! The immersion was gradual, and some of the people gradually adapted themselves to their watery environment! I am one of those! Quote2
—Unnamed Atlantan

Appearing in "The Brain!"

Featured Characters:

  • Larry (First appearance; dies)

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Items:

  • Electro Brain Magnet (First appearance)
  • Unidentified Bacteriological Bomb (First appearance)

Events:

Synopsis for "The Brain!"

Following the end of World War II, brilliant Nazi scientist Dr. Otto von Schmittsder, now facing a war crimes trial, meets with his assistant Fritz. He tells Fritz that he has come up with more devastating weapons and wishes to have his mind preserved so that he can continue his work. He tells Fritz that he has discovered that the human brain continues to live 24 hours after death and that he has developed a device, an Electro Brain Magnet, to restore a human brain to life. He then orders Fritz to sever his head after he is executed and restore it with the Electro Brain Magnet within 24 hours.

Sure enough, when Von Schmittsder is brought to trial, he is found guilty and sentenced to hang. After the execution, Fritz digs up Von Schmittsder's body and severs the head, bringing it back to the lab within Von Schmittsder's lab. There the Electro Brain Magnet brings Otto back to life. Now calling himself the brain and endowed with telepathic powers and limited motion, the Brain orders Fritz to leave him in the castle until he can find a suitable host to take control of and use for his world domination plans.

Setting himself up on a pedestal, the Brain waits until his castle is visited by two American soldiers who are a day away from being sent back home to the United States. The Brain overhears that one of the soldiers, named Frank, is returning home to continue his career in science and deems Fred the ideal candidate to turn into his slave. The Brain uses his mental powers to put Fred under his control and orders him to go AWOL and return to his castle later. When Fred complies, the Brain then shows him where a secret cache of jewels are hidden in his castle so that he can purchase new equipment that was confiscated or destroyed by the Allies.

Soon Fred, now completely under the Brain's control, is seeking world domination and creating a bacterial bomb to use in order to amass followers. When the weapon is complete, Fred is then sent out to rent a plane and test it on unsuspecting victims. When Fred returns successful, the Brain then begins to plot getting a legion of followers when suddenly they are interrupted by the arrival of Fred's military buddy who had not given up the search for his friend. The Brain orders Fred to shoot his friend, however Fred cannot bring himself to kill someone he cares about and fights the Brain's influence. Unable to stop himself, Fred instead turns the gun on himself. Fatally shot, Fred tries to tell his friend what happened but dies before he can fully explain himself. Meanwhile, the Brain manages to slip away vowing to continue his plans for world domination.

Appearing in "Hands of Murder"

Featured Characters:

  • Dr. Frank Philips (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Trudy Marshal (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
  • Mrs. Marshal

Antagonists:

  • Janet Marshal (First appearance) (Ghost, soul or spirit) (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

  • George (First appearance)
  • Mr. Marshal (Mentioned) (Deceased)
  • Unnamed Deliveryman

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Synopsis for "Hands of Murder"

The ghost of a woman's dead sister strangles her.

Appearing in "Vampire Ship"

Reprint of the 3rd story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #5
(originally printed as Mantrap!)

Featured Characters:

  • Johnny Ryan (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Unnamed Ghoulish Sailor

Antagonists:

  • S.S. Lorelei
    • Numerous unnamed vampires

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Dispatcher
  • Sailors
    • Two unnamed sailors
  • Devil (Mentioned in narration)
  • NYPD
    • Unnamed Sergeant

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Vehicles:

  • S.S. Lorelei (First appearance)

Synopsis for "Vampire Ship"

Reprint of the 3rd story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #5
(originally printed as Mantrap!)
Johnny Ryan, an able bodied seaman, acquires a job on the S.S Lorelei. While heading towards the ship a ghoulish sailor warns him that it is filled with vampires and that he had seen their coffins. Johnny shrugs off the man and assumes him to be drunk and continues on his way. Upon boarding the ship he finds it empty where sailors usually reside. Checking the cargo he learns the sailor was telling the truth as he sees numerous coffins on board. As the sun fades the crew of vampires attack him. Barely escaping the ship with his life, he contacts the authorities. The police send a patrol care and inform him that not only does no such ship exist but the pier it was supposedly docked at burned down in a fire six months prior.

Appearing in "Torture Room"

Featured Characters:

  • "Professor" (First appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Nazis
    • Siegfried Mauller (First appearance)
    • Two unnamed soldiers

Other Characters:

  • Concentration Camp
    • Dr. Ausler (Only in flashback) (Apparent death)
    • Rudolf Hensl (Only in flashback) (Apparent death)
    • Muttermanne (Only in flashback) (Apparent death)
    • Numerous unnamed prisoners

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  • Humans (Main story and flashback)

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Synopsis for "Torture Room"

Prisoners of a concentration camp dig a hidden pit that they toss the commandant into for several hours where his imagination works at him for all the tortures that they could apply to him. When they open the lid of the pit, his terror makes his heart give out, as they had planned.

Appearing in "Vampire Brats"

Featured Characters:

  • June Beaumont (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Sally (First appearance; voice only)

Antagonists:

  • Baby Vampires
    • Janice (First appearance)
    • Numerous unnamed baby vampires

Other Characters:

  • Daily Press (Named only)
  • Numerous unnamed nursery staff
  • NYPD
    • Unnamed Police Officer

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Synopsis for "Vampire Brats"

A woman answers an ad as a nursery assistant only to find the infants are blood-suckers.

Appearing in "The Thing in the Water"

Featured Characters:

  • Henry Crane (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • August Grimbacher (First appearance)
  • Stella (First appearance) (Henry Crane's Daughter)

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Other Characters:

  • Aquarium Company (First appearance)
    • Mr. Schneider (Clerk)
  • Bob (Mentioned)

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Synopsis for "The Thing in the Water"

An evil being from Atlantis attempts to absorb the life from a man's daughter, but he manages to shake off its mental thrall just long enough for him to smash the water tank it occupies.

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