—Mr. FrostMove, you imps of Satan! Get the lead out of your feet! This place will look like Hades before I'm through!
Appearing in "The Ghoul!"
Featured Characters:
- Bosco Channey (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Supporting Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Bob (First appearance)
- Joe (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed "Ghoul" (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Homer Parson (Named only)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Bosco Channey's Shiv
Synopsis for "The Ghoul!"
A murderer attempting to hide in a cemetery is picked up by a couple of troopers on suspicion of being a ghoul. He eludes them and takes refuge in a swamp shack where he is attacked by the ghoul the police were on the lookout for.
Appearing in "Objewanga"
Featured Characters:
- Dr. Neil Clarke (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Edith Kearney (Nurse) (First appearance)
- British Empire
- Scotland Yard
- Inspector John Hartley (First appearance)
- Patrick McCue (First appearance)
- MI6
- Captain Fred Gangel (First appearance)
- Scotland Yard
Antagonists:
- M'Ingari Tribe (First appearance)
- Unnamed Objewanga (Impersonates Edith Kearney) (First appearance; dies)
- Unnamed Witchdoctor (First appearance; dies)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Objewanga (First appearance)
Locations:
Items:
- Wanga Ring (First appearance)
- Sacred Knife of Ghora (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Objewanga"
A member of Scotland Yard named Patrick McCue was borrowed by British Military Intelligence to go to Africa to disable a cult run by the M'Ingari Tribe. While there McCue stole an artifact called the Wanga Ring that was the source of great evil they inflicted on the people of Bechuanaland. McCue return to London as a stowaway but had drifted off to into a coma and taken to a hospital.
There McCue's doctor, Neil Clark, was disclosed this information by Inspector John Hartley and Captain Fred Gangel and added that they believe that the tribe's Witchdoctor has sent his Objewanga, an evil spirit that can possess people or take their form. Suspicious as to the fact of their story but not their rank he takes the men to McCue's room where they find him standing wildly. McCue informs them that the Objewanga came form him in the guise of Nurse Edith Kearney and that he used the ivory handled Sacred Knife of Ghora to kill her. McCue showed them men and Nurse Kearney "Edith's" body which burned and turned to ash in front of their eyes. Seeing her own body burn before her eyes the nurse fainted. Dr. Clarke took care of the nurse while the two government men took care of McCue.
Some time later while McCue was resting the nurse returned to her room. She was there to give McCue a syringe injection. At first McCue was a little suspicious but Edith flirted a bit and offered to allow him to give his own injection if he preferred. This put McCue's mind at ease and he allowed her to perform the injection. Just as she was about to Doctor Clarke stormed the room and shouted that she was the Objewanga. The two government men jumped on her stopping her before she could make the injection. McCue performed a ritual with the ring which killed the Objewanga as well as it's master Witchdoctor in Africa. When asked what alerted Doctor Clarke to Edith being the Objewanga it was that she had stated that she had fainted on the floor for three hours. She has a nurse would have known this to be impossible as the blood rush to her head would had awakened her far earlier. The real Nurse Kearney was bound and gadded behind the elevator shaft.
Appearing in "The Killers!"
Featured Characters:
- Steve Danning (First appearance)
- Mary Crosby (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Professor
Antagonists:
- Unidentified aquatic species (Apparent death)
- Numerous unnamed creatures
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed students
- Unnamed Lake-Keeper
- United States Army
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Snakes (Mentioned)
- Mongooses (Mentioned)
- Flies (Mentioned)
- Spiders (Mentioned)
- Fish (Mentioned)
- Whales (Mentioned)
- Killers (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed Killers
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- Earth
- United States of America
- Unidentified Fish-Breeding Lake
- United States of America
- Earth
- Heaven (Invoked)
- Earthspace
Synopsis for "The Killers!"
Man tries to control the population numbers of a strange creature from the lake, and by poisoning them off, they realize that they have destroyed the species that was controlling the numbers of an even worse creature.
Appearing in "Too Old to Live"
Featured Characters:
- Seth Culpepper (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Mr. Wilson (John Wilson's twin brother) (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- John Wilson (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Berkley Home for the Aged
- Numerous unnamed employees
- Numerous unnamed visitors
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Berkley Home for the Aged (First appearance)
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "Too Old to Live"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Down in the Cellar"
Featured Characters:
- Mr. Gort (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Antagonists:
- Mr. Lon Judson (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed bird hunters (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
Races and Species:
- Spiders
- Bobcats (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Lizards (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Humans
- Snakes (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Birds (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Rats (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Beavers (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Deer (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Otters (Mentioned)
- Possums (Mentioned)
- Rabbits (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Squirrels (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Moose (Mentioned)
- Cheetahs (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Lions (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Tigers (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- Heaven (Mentioned in narration)
Synopsis for "Down in the Cellar"
A taxidermist who loves birds kills and stuffs the hunters who bring them in and puts them in the basement.
Appearing in "The Pit of Horror!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Mr. Frost (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Other Characters:
- Imps of Satan
- Numerous unnamed imps
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- "Adventures into Weird Worlds" (Comic Book)
- "Dante's Inferno" (Book)
Synopsis for "The Pit of Horror!"
Satan's imps get lazy so he brings an efficiency expert down from Earth to whip them back into shape, and when he is done he wants to go back to Earth, but Satan tells him not to bother since he only has about three minutes to live and because so many people hated him he is going to be their first customer.
Notes
Publication Notes[]
- "The Ghoul!" is reprinted in Chamber of Chills #11.
- "The Killers!" is reprinted in Monsters Unleashed #4.
- "Down in the Cellar" is reprinted in Dead of Night #6.
- "The Pit of Horror!" is reprinted in Giant-Size Chillers #2.
See Also
- 1 image(s) from Adventures into Weird Worlds Vol 1 10
- 5 reprint(s) of Adventures into Weird Worlds Vol 1 10