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Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 16

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Look closely, you fools... and you'll see the real motive for this murder! Not robbery or jealousy! No! Something much worse! This was a murder of vengeance! Revenge for what was done to me! Do you see? You blind stupid fools! Look at me and you'll know why!

—Claude Aceman

Appearing in "Vampire Tale"

Featured Characters:

  • Claude Aceman (First appearance; dies) (Unnamed) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

  • Unnamed Woman (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)

Antagonists:

  • Igor (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

  • Jury
    • Unnamed Foreman
    • Numerous unnamed jurors
  • Unnamed Judge
  • Unnamed Bartender (Only in flashback)
  • Unidentified Police Department
    • Five unnamed police officers (Only in flashback)
  • Unnamed Prosecutor
  • Unnamed Defense Attorney

Races and Species:

  • Zombies (Main story and flashback)
  • Humans (Main story and flashback)
  • Vampires (Main story and flashback)
  • Bats (Illusion or holographic simulation) (Only in flashback)

Realities:

Locations:

Synopsis for "Vampire Tale"

A man wrapped in bandages is on trial for murder after slaying a vampire. After the jury does not buy his vampire hunting story and convicts him, he removes his bandages revealing himself to be a zombie pursuing revenge after he was killed by the vampire a year ago. Upon revealing himself in the light of day the accused man turns to dust.

Appearing in "The Curse"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Uncanny Tales #2
(originally printed as The Vault of Doom)

Featured Characters:

  • Tom Braddock (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

  • Black Bart Braddock (First appearance) (Ghost, soul or spirit)
  • Mathias Braddock (First appearance) (Ghost, soul or spirit)

Other Characters:

  • Mr. Henderson (Lawyer) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Mr. Braddock (Tom's Father) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
  • Mr. Watson (First appearance)
  • Black Bart's Son (Mentioned) (Deceased)
  • Black Bart's Son's Son (Mentioned) (Deceased)

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Events:

Synopsis for "The Curse"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Uncanny Tales #2
(originally printed as The Vault of Doom)
Tom Braddock inherits a mansion from his late uncle. While investigating the mansion he learns that it's cursed from the town people. That his ancestor Black Bart Braddock was a pirate who built the mansion and hid his gold there. Tom decided to look for the gold and found a hidden door while doing so in the kitchen. Going down the long staircase he made it to another door but upon entering it closed behind him. In the dark he heard the voice of his ancestor Black Bart and his uncle Mathias welcoming him to the family curse and that they would be talking for a while after he dies and also becomes a ghost.

Appearing in "Man Alone!"

Featured Characters:

  • Husu Ko (First appearance)

Antagonists:

  • People's Liberation Army
    • Unnamed Red Chief (First appearance; dies)
    • Unnamed Aide (Apparent death)
    • Two unnamed psychiatrists (Apparent death)
    • Numerous unnamed soldiers

Other Characters:

  • Gow Tuh (First appearance; dies)

Races and Species:

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Synopsis for "Man Alone!"

Communists get the idea to swap a spy for the village idiot in a centrally located village by taking a hermit and training him to pass for the idiot, but they succeed in their training too well and turn the hermit into an insane psychopath.

Appearing in "The Man Who Wasn't"

Featured Characters:

  • Dr. Wright (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Unnamed Doctor
  • "Adam"

Antagonists:

  • Unidentified Aliens
    • Numerous unnamed aliens

Races and Species:

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Items:

  • Dr. Wright's Youth Serum (First appearance)

Synopsis for "The Man Who Wasn't"

A man invents a youth serum and wishes to give it to the oldest member of an old folks home, but the man doesn't want it. When they administer it to him anyway, he reverts to his true alien form, which is the signal to begin the invasion.

Appearing in "The Vultures"

Featured Characters:

  • Malcolm Fletcher (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

  • Margie Fletcher (First appearance) (Malcolm Fletcher's Daughter)

Antagonists:

  • Carl Fletcher (First appearance) (Malcolm Fletcher's Son)
  • Harry Fletcher (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (Malcolm Fletcher's Son)
  • Mr. Fletcher (First appearance) (Malcolm Fletcher's Son)

Other Characters:

  • Caesar (Cat) (Only in flashback) (First appearance; dies)
  • Malcolm Fletcher's Attorney

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Realities:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Vultures"

A man leaves his estate to those four children who attend his funeral, of which, only his daughter does.

Appearing in "The Question!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Brain (First appearance)
  • Marie Jessup (First appearance; dies)

Antagonists:

  • Don (Paul Jessup's Assistant) (First appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

  • United States Army
    • Unnamed Soldier
    • Conley (Mentioned)
  • Tavish (First appearance)
  • Conley's Wife (Mentioned) (Deceased)

Races and Species:

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Synopsis for "The Question!"

An inventor who loves his wife asks an electronic brain which he devised two questions, 'When will my wife die?' and 'When will I die?' The brain answers 'Your wife will be murdered ten minutes from now.' He seizes the gun from his desk and races home knowing that there is still time to save her. When he arrives, he realizes his wife is having an affair. Since he loves her, he forgives her, but trains the gun on the man. During the struggle, the gun goes off, and kills the wife. The distraught husband thinks to himself that without her life is not worth living and commits suicide, which back in the office building, the electronic brain also correctly predicts.

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Trivia

  • This issue was not renewed for copyright after 28 years, effectively making its debut stories and characters public domain under United States law.

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