Gone you say? How strange! And yet I felt he might be! Somehow, I have a feeling he'll be gone a long... long time! 
- —Unnamed Swami
Appearing in "The Man Who Went Back!"
Featured Characters:
- Jeff Martin (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Tax Collectors
- Bill
- Unnamed Tax Collector
Other Characters:
- Helen
- Mary
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Man Who Went Back!"
A man is pursued through time by tax collectors.
Appearing in "Hate is the Master"
Featured Characters:
- Warren Courtney (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Dr. Martin
Antagonists:
- Julie Courtney (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Dr. Harmon Sutter (Mentioned)
- Unnamed Nurse
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Hate is the Master"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Hidden Man!"
Featured Characters:
- "Maniac" (Monkey)
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed victims of the "Maniac"
- Unidentified Police Department
- Unnamed Lieutenant
- Numerous unnamed police officers
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Maniac's Gun
Synopsis for "The Hidden Man!"
After several people are shot by a mysterious shooter many scientist and even psychics try to find the mystery of his identity with increasing convoluted solutions. But the ending reveals the shooter is just a zoo's monkey.
Appearing in "He Wouldn't Stay Dead!"
Featured Characters:
- Eddie Johnson (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Tad Venner (First appearance)
- Abe Evans (First appearance) (Booking Agent)
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Numerous unnamed police officers
- Death (Referenced)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Kabana Club (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "He Wouldn't Stay Dead!"
A man conducts rites that reincarnate his shrew wife's spirit into a figurine but the new person, whom he names 'Jolie', is a kind and supportive ideal wife. They are happy together until he leaves on a business trip and realizes they can never be together in public. He meets a woman and romances her so she will be his wife. When he returns home he rushes towards the figurine and regretfully smashes it, knowing if he did not do so, it would be like having two wives. His new wife begins to strangely start acting like the shrew his first wife was and his landlord admits to him that he broke and replaced a figurine while he was inspecting the unit. The man realizes that the landlord killed Jolie and the spirit passed into the woman he met on the business trip.
Appearing in "The Swami!"
Featured Characters:
- Timmy
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Swami
- Timmy's Mother
Antagonists:
- Mr. Loomis (Apparent death)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Swami's Box
Synopsis for "The Swami!"
A cruel man force his stepson into stealing the house of a known swami, the swami catches the boy but after listening to his troubles gives out a small box. The stepfather takes the box home and tries to open it, soon the boy and his mother hear cries for help but find the stepfather gone. The swami reappears to take the box back and as he does the boy sees a piece of cloth coming from the box lid that looks like the evil man clothing!
Appearing in "The Worst Thirst"
Featured Characters:
- Pete Jessup (First appearance) (Apparent death)
- Joe Jessup (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Supporting Characters:
- Jeb Ryan (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Mike Robbins (First appearance; dies)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Mason City (Named only)
- United States of America
- Earth
Vehicles:
- Jeb Ryan's Water Truck
Synopsis for "The Worst Thirst"
Two brothers are incensed that their neighbors have put down a well that has dried up the well on their property so they lay pipe to divert the water back down to the well on their property. The channel works and they drink their fill of the water, until a water delivery man mentions that he was bringing up some water to the neighbors because some pesticides accidentally got dumped into their well, poisoning the water.
Notes
Publisher Notes[]
- "He Wouldn't Stay Dead" is reprinted as "I Won't Stay Dead!" in Zombie #3.
- "The Worst Thirst" is reprinted in Dead of Night #5.