Adventures into Terror Vol 1 8

Adventures into Terror Vol 1 #8 Published February, 1952 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Sol Brodsky Christopher Rule Stan Goldberg "Enter... The Lizard" Penciler Harry Lazarus Inker Dick Beck Christopher Rule Editor Stan Lee "The Nesterfield Horror" Letterer Typeset Editor Stan Lee "The Parasite" Writer Hank Chapman Penciler Bill Walton Inker Bill Walton Editor Stan Lee "You Can Only Die Once" Penciler Manny Stallman Inker Manny Stallman Editor Stan Lee "The Miracle" Penciler Bill LaCava Inker Bill LaCava Editor Stan Lee "The Ones Who Laugh!" Penciler Joe Sinnott Inker Joe Sinnott Editor Stan Lee Previous Issue Next Issue Adventures into Terror #7 Adventures into Terror #9

Appearing in "Enter... The Lizard"

Featured Characters:

• Brad Colton

Supporting Characters:

• Kim Whitney

Antagonists:

• Dr. Charles Barris

Other Characters:

• Safari Guide (Unnamed)

Races and Species:

• Devil Lizards
• Humans
• Monkeys
• Lions (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Africa
  • Buango
• North America
  • United States of America
    
    

Synopsis for "Enter... The Lizard"

A man discovers a type of werelizard that reproduces its kind by injecting humans with a poison in its bite that transforms their bodies.

Appearing in "The Nesterfield Horror"

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Synopsis for "The Nesterfield Horror"

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Appearing in "The Parasite"

Featured Characters:

• Harry Harris

Supporting Characters:

• Monk Gibson (Only appearance; dies)

Antagonists:

• Martian Parasite

Other Characters:

• Corrections Officer (Unnamed)
• Devil (Mentioned)
• Prisoner (Unnamed)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Martians
• Gorillas (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Prison (Unnamed)
  
  

Synopsis for "The Parasite"

A martian parasite infects and inmate and talks his cellmate into murdering him, once the deed is done the parasite moves onto the cellmate to his dismay.

Appearing in "You Can Only Die Once"

Featured Characters:

• George Anders

Supporting Characters:

• Jim
• George's Friends (Unnamed)

Antagonists:

• Demon (Unnamed)

Races and Species:

• Ghosts
• Demons

Locations:

• Hell
  
  

Synopsis for "You Can Only Die Once"

A man tries to kill himself over and over again but only succeeds in producing pain and mutilation, not the longed for oblivion. A friend of his informs him that he is already dead, for he committed suicide a year ago, and has been sent to Hell where all suicides reside.

Appearing in "The Miracle"

Featured Characters:

• Criminal (Unnamed) (Swaps bodies with Stranger)

Supporting Characters:

• Mac (Bartender)

Antagonists:

• Stranger (Unnamed) (Swaps bodies with Criminal)

Other Characters:

• Bar Patrons

Races and Species:

• Ghosts
• Humans
• Cows (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth
  • Bar (Unnamed)
    
    

Synopsis for "The Miracle"

A criminal in a bar at night sees a stranger doing wondrous things and so he pulls a gun and demands to know how they are done. The stranger says that if he wants these powers all he needs to do is agree to exchange places with him. He does so and commits various crimes with his new powers, but once the morning begins to arrive, he feels drawn to a cemetery and realizes that he has exchanged places with a ghost.

Appearing in "The Ones Who Laugh!"

Featured Characters:

• Professor Edson (Apparent death)

Supporting Characters:

• "Dean Thorndike"

Antagonists:

• "James Jackson"

Other Characters:

• "Matilda" (Maid)
• "Bus Driver" (Unnamed)

Races and Species:

• Unidentified alien species (Main story and flashback)
• Humans (Main story and flashback)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • Hotel (Unnamed)
  • Turner University
• Planet (Unnamed) (Only in flashback)
  
  

Synopsis for "The Ones Who Laugh!"

Everyone is laughing a Professor Edson throughout his daily routine. He later finds out that it's because an alien alternate dimensional race has invaded Earth devoured all of its inhabitants and left only him alive as the last man on earth. They infected him with a duplicating drug that allows for Edson to multiply over the years but he decides to get the last laugh by killing himself, thus ensuring the aliens can't harvest more of him in the future.

Notes

• "Enter... The Lizard" is reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales #9.
• "You Can Only Die Once" is reprinted in Beware #5.
• "The Miracle" is reprinted in Dracula #1.

See Also

• 1 Image(s) from Adventures into Terror Vol 1 8
• 2 Reprints of Adventures into Terror Vol 1 8

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