...An alien with enormous intelligence who has waited patiently for the time when Earthlings might understand him... For the time when Earthlings would be advanced enough to help him rebuild his damaged spaceship! But that time has not yet come! We are still too ignorant--too barbaric! Perhaps one day it will be otherwise, but not yet... Not yet... 
Appearing in "I Found Monstrom! The Dweller in the Black Swamp!"
Tales to Astonish #11
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Sara
Antagonists:
- Monstrom (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Luke
- Unnamed Sheriff
Races and Species:
- Unidentified alien species
- Humans
- Alligators
- Turtles
- Frogs
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Earth
- United States of America
- Bayou Country
- United States of America
- Earth
- Heaven (Invoked)
Vehicles:
- Monstrom's Spaceship
Synopsis for "I Found Monstrom! The Dweller in the Black Swamp!"
Tales to Astonish #11
A writer takes his family to Bayou country to begin work on a new novel, but his son encounters a monster in the swamp. The monster is distracted when an alligator bites his leg, so the father and son flee while the monster finishes off the gator. The man drives into town to warn the sheriff, but is scoffed at, until a neighbor backs up his story. When the monster arrives, they find their weapons ineffective, but the creature shies away from fire, and so they drive it back to the quicksand bog in the swamp. Unknown to everyone involved, the creature meant no harm, and was merely seeking aid to repair his damaged spacecraft sunk under the bog.
Appearing in "I Am The Man Who Will... Destroy your World!"
Strange Tales #71
Featured Characters:
- Mool/Ralph Masters
Supporting Characters:
- John
- Anne
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Alien Army
- Unnamed General
- Numerous unnamed soldiers
- Mrs. Carter
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Unnamed Galaxy
- Unnamed Planet
- Milky Way
Items:
- Astro-Energizer
Vehicles:
- Alien Mothership
- Alien Space Lifeboat
Synopsis for "I Am The Man Who Will... Destroy your World!"
Strange Tales #71
An alien comes to Earth with the purpose of invading but after scouting out the planet for 24 hours he finds that the kindness, compassion, and love he witnesses changes his heart. Changed, Mool instead chooses to destroy the Astro-Energizer that would have acted as the signal to invade, without that signal his people would hopefully never attempt to conquer Earth.
Appearing in "I-Am-The-Genie!"
Tales to Astonish #8
Featured Characters:
- Freddy Sykes (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Genie (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed correction officers
- Unnamed Prisoner
- Andersen (Mentioned)
- Jacob Grimm (Mentioned)
- Wilhelm Grimm (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Djinn
- Humans
- Alligators
- Winged Horses
- Whales (Mentioned)
- Fish (Mentioned)
Locations:
Items:
- "Grimms' Fairy Tales" (Mentioned)
- "Arabian Nights" (Mentioned)
- Genie's Lamp
Synopsis for "I-Am-The-Genie!"
Tales to Astonish #8
A criminal finds a genie in a bottle and sets out to make himself ruler over all. He wishes for a golden castle, a flying horse, that the Atlantic dry up, and that the sun be blotted out. While the genie is finishing the last task, he gets the idea to trade places with the genie so he has all the power, and that is what he wishes for when the genie returns. The genie complies and the criminal decides to eliminate the genie as his first empowered act. The genie, now a mortal, commands him to halt and he is astonished when he cannot move. The genie informs him that he obeyed his commands not because he wanted to, but because he was impelled to as part of the curse. The genie was once an evil man, but has since repented, and undoes all the previous harmful wishes while commanding that the criminal return to the bottle where someday, he too, may repent of an ill-spent life.
Appearing in "I Was Face-to-Face with the Forbidden Robot!"
Tales to Astonish #11
Featured Characters:
- Ralph
Supporting Characters:
- Anne
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Robot
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "I Was Face-to-Face with the Forbidden Robot!"
Tales to Astonish #11
A man reactivates an illegal robot in order to gain recognition for stopping it. He destroys the robot, but realizes that robots are harmless, and instead of cashing in he confesses his plan, and advocates the legalization of robots.
Appearing in "What Was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd!!"
Tales to Astonish #10
Featured Characters:
- Bentley (Drudd's Assistant) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- O'Keefe
- Numerous unnamed officers
Antagonists:
- Simon Drudd (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Charlie (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- De-Aging Serum (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "What Was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd!!"
Tales to Astonish #10
Two scientists work on developing a youth serum, when they succeed, the older scientist forces the younger one into the freezer at gunpoint as he has no intention of sharing the boon with mankind. Instead, he wants to become immortal, accumulate more knowledge than anyone else and rule the world. Before the incarcerated scientist freezes to death, he manages to set off an alarm which brings the police. Since there is no sign of the old man, the police do not believe his story about a youth serum, but he knows that the formula must have worked too well taking the old man back to middle age, then young man, then child, then infant, then...?
Appearing in "Something Lurks Inside!"
Tales to Astonish #10
Featured Characters:
- Ted Carson (Main story and flashback) (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- NASA
Antagonists:
- Numerous unnamed alien spider creatures (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- United States Government
- Lord (Referenced)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-60751
- Milky Way
- Solar System
- Unnamed Galaxy (Only in flashback)
- "Planet X" (Only in flashback)
- Milky Way
- Earth-10530 (Vision or hallucination)
Vehicles:
- Rocketship (Main story and flashback) (Destroyed)
Synopsis for "Something Lurks Inside!"
Tales to Astonish #10
A space explorer lands on a planet he designates Planet X but finds it infested with vicious spider-creatures. He hurries back to his ship, but even sealed inside the smaller creatures have managed to use radio waves as a means of travel to make their way inside. The pilot flushes them to the surface of the craft, but not before one bites him, giving him an incurable fatal disease. He returns to Earth to warn them, but he cannot land because the creatures on the hull still live despite his efforts to kill them, and he cannot radio because the aliens could use the signal to arrive on Earth. He goes into orbit around Earth, refusing to respond to hailing frequencies, and this spooks the authorities so they launch a missile at him. Before the missile strikes, he jettisons his log in an escape pod. Once the people of Earth read his log, they realize he was a hero.
Appearing in "Only I Know When the World Will End!!!"
Tales to Astonish #10
Featured Characters:
- Kartu
Supporting Characters:
- Doctors
- Johnson
- Numerous unnamed others
- Scientists
- Hastings
- Brown
Other Characters:
- NYPD
- Russian Armed Forces
- HKPF
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- Lord (Invoked)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Milky Way
- Unnamed Galaxy
- Aqua Centurius (Only in flashback)
- Sertius Major (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed Planet A (Destroyed)
- Unnamed Planet B (Destroyed)
Items:
- Telepathic Matter Transmitter
Synopsis for "Only I Know When the World Will End!!!"
Tales to Astonish #10
The entire world is on a man hunt for a man named Kartu who has gone into hiding in a remote cave in Virginia. He explains he thought he was an alien who arrived here by a Thought transmitter and that another planet is going to crash into the earth and he goes to warn the authorities. They assume him crazy but before he can be properly confined he escapes, however a planet does crash into a different planet and they believe his story about being an alien. However by this time Kartu is beginning to believe them that he's not and has gone into deep hiding never to be found.
Appearing in "I Fought the Man who Couldn't Be Killed!"
Strange Tales #71
Featured Characters:
- Duke Jordan
Antagonists:
- SPD
- Unnamed Robot Police Officer
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed prison guards
- Unnamed Warden (Mentioned)
- Unnamed Motorist
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "I Fought the Man who Couldn't Be Killed!"
Strange Tales #71
Duke Jordan escapes from prison after 10 years of his 30 year sentence. As he's attempting to flee he is pursued by a cop who performs greater than human feats. After grabbing the cop's gun and shooting him Duke learns that all police have been replaced by robots and that the bullets did nothing to harm the officer.
Appearing in "Mummex---King of the Mummies!"
Tales to Astonish #8
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Mummex (Raaka) (First appearance)
- Sara
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Doctor (Sara's Father)
- Unnamed Guide
- Numerous unnamed citizens of Cairo
- Numerous unnamed aliens of Andromida
- Intergalactic Missing Person's Bureau
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Heaven (Invoked)
Vehicles:
- Rakka's Spaceship
Synopsis for "Mummex---King of the Mummies!"
Tales to Astonish #8
An archaeologist discovers a giant mummy buried in the Egyptian desert, who goes on a rampage appearing to be searching for every normal sized mummy in the local area. After the mummy disappears in a sandstorm it is revealed that the mummy is in fact an alien who works in the intergalactic missing person bureau. The mummy look is just their space suits and they were trying to find any missing aliens on earth.
