Appearing in "One Foot in the Grave"
Featured Characters:
- Tony Cranshaw (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Bums
Antagonists:
- Zombies
Other Characters:
- John Brown (Named only)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "One Foot in the Grave"
A man decides to make money by reselling flowers stolen from graves until the dead return to take their flowers back.
Appearing in "Death Finds A Way!"
Featured Characters:
- Luke Spandin (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Annie Bat-Eyes (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Fred Gormit (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Daisy Tulliffer (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Death Finds A Way!"
Luke Spandin loses the love of his life to Fred Gormit so he goes to the witch Annie Bat-Eyes for a evil curse. Any body part of item attached to a doll will make it a voodoo doll. Luke grabs a handkerchief of Fred's and throws it in the fire but just then the handkerchief falls off and Luke's sweat on the doll causes himself to die.
Appearing in "The Clutching Hands"
Featured Characters:
- Ted Wayne (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- William Winters (First appearance; dies)
- Mr. Greyle (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Ellis Brent (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Three unnamed police officers
- Unnamed Warden
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Clutching Hands"
A writer murders another writer to steal his work, but the dead writer's hands continue to make trouble for him. First, by framing him for the murder of his publisher, then by signing a confession to the killing, and finally by throwing the gallows' switch.
Appearing in "Haunted!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Ghost
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Realtor
- Unnamed Man
- Unnamed Woman
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Unidentified Derelict House
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "Haunted!"
A ghost scares off potential buyers of a derelict house.
Appearing in "It Can't Miss"
Featured Characters:
- Frankie Arno (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Pete (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Raymond Fleet (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Abandoned Subway
- Whitley Sanitarium
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "It Can't Miss"
An accomplice to an escaped con kills a man who looks like his buddy so that the cops will find the body and think the escaped prisoner is dead while he assumes the dead man's identity. For his trouble, he is murdered by the escaped con so as to keep his secret silent. Unfortunately for him, it turns out the identity that he has assumed is that of mental patient permanently locked up in an asylum.
Appearing in "Iron-Head"
Featured Characters:
- Bronson (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Mr. Nash (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Numerous unnamed Caribbean natives
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Mr. Nash's Private Yacht
Synopsis for "Iron-Head"
Bronson is a grave robber and a murderer. To avoid being captured by the authorities, he accepts a job as a deep-sea diver on a private yacht. Working for a captain named Mister Nash, Bronson discovers that the ship's crew have located a cache of black diamonds at the bottom of the South Pacific. He decides to murder the crew and keep the diamonds for himself. Donning a heavy diving suit, he blows up the yacht and swims to the ocean floor for the diamonds.
Securing his treasure, Bronson slowly walks until he reaches a nearby island. The island is populated with superstitious natives who mistakenly believe that Bronson is some sort of water god. Dubbing him "Iron-Head", they hold him in high regard and keep a steady vigil over him. Bronson is afraid to remove his helmet, because if he reveals himself as a normal human, the natives will kill him. He holds out as long as he can, but within a few days, he begins to fall weak with hunger. The natives will not let him out of their sight, and he refuses to expose himself. Finally, one of the natives cuts off his head with an ax, revealing that he was never truly a god at all.
Notes
Publisher Notes[]
- "One Foot in the Grave" is reprinted in Monsters Unleashed #1.
- "The Clutching Hands" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #21.
- "Haunted" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #21.
- "It Can't Miss" is reprinted in Chamber of Chills #5.
- "Iron-Head" is reprinted in Zombie #1.