Appearing in "Forewarned Is Fore-Armed!"
Featured Characters:
- Carlo Brock (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Headstone P. Gravely (Host)
Antagonists:
- "Dr. Caruthers" (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Prison Guards (First appearance)
- The Warden (First appearance)
- Governor (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Aliens (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth
- Prison (First appearance)
Vehicles:
- Alien scout ships (Only in flashback)
- Police cars (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Forewarned Is Fore-Armed!"
Four-armed alien invaders from a doomed planet make use of an escaped convict to learn of Earth, but they fix it so that no one understands his speech when he tries to warn of the impending assault.
Appearing in ""The Face of Fear!""
Featured Characters:
- Freddy (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Digger (Roderick Krupp) (Host)
Antagonists:
- Face in the mirror (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Freddy's father (First appearance)
- Smith Brothers (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for ""The Face of Fear!""
Yet another version of the Ditko story in Tales of Suspense #21.
Appearing in ""The Day of the Red Death!""
Featured Characters:
- George Harris (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Stan Lee (Host)
Antagonists:
- Rupert Griswold (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Headstone P. Gravely (Mentioned)
- Saki (Mentioned)
- Howard Phillips Lovecraft (Mentioned)
- Ambrose Bierce (Mentioned)
- Edgar Allan Poe (Mentioned)
- Lenore (First appearance)
- Prince Marco (First appearance)
- Carlotta Moore (First appearance)
- Dr. Farnum and other scientists (First appearance)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Kansas (Mentioned)
- Cantrell (Mentioned)
Synopsis for ""The Day of the Red Death!""
Poe's "Red Death" in a contemporary setting.
Solicit Synopsis
(December) A face in a mirror — a book that foretells the future — a chiller by Edgar Allan Poe — and a must!
- (January) AND, STILL ON SALE — ! A face in a mirror! A book that foretells the future! A chiller by Edgar Allan Poe! It's a must!
Notes
- Forewarned is Fore-Armed! is reprinted in Creatures on the Loose #14.
- The Face of Fear! and The Day of the Red Death! are reprinted in the Chamber of Darkness Special.
- The Day of the Red Death! is loosely based on The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe.
Trivia
- The tagline for this issue is "Enter... The Red Death!"
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- Chamber of Darkness article at Wikipedia
- Digger article at Wikipedia
- Digger profile at the Marvel Universe