—Clark PowersSame routine each day... buy a stick of gum... ride the subway to work... ride the subway home...
Appearing in "The Secret of the Mystic Ring"
Featured Characters:
- Arnold Harris (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Marie Barnes (First appearance)
- Don Jose Fernandez (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Dolores De Cazon (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Count Sebastian De Cazon (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Marie's mother (First appearance)
- Pete (Museum guard) (First appearance)
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Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- Europe (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Mystic Ring
Synopsis for "The Secret of the Mystic Ring"
300 years ago a poor man is denied marrying his lover by her wealthy father. The poor man saves a fellow from a quicksand pool and gets a mystic ring as a reward. The ring can make wishes come true, but as the poor man returns home thinking that he can now marry the girl he realizes he has lost the ring. In the present day another young man is in the same situation when he buys the ring from a pawn shop. He meets his lover in a museum where there are three statutes of the people who lived 300 years ago. The father's statue is separating the two young lovers. After the man wishes for a promotion, the ring grants the wish and the museum guard notices that the father's statue is no longer separating the lovers. The woman's statue has a ring on her finger.
Appearing in "The Long Way Home"
Featured Characters:
- Mort Mills (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Emil Garth (First appearance)
- Hilda Boone (First appearance)
- Lars Munson (First appearance)
- Julia Reed (First appearance)
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Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Montana
- Butte (First appearance)
- Florida
- California (Mentioned)
- Montana
- United States of America
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
Synopsis for "The Long Way Home"
Atlanteans pull a switch on a gag TV show host who sets up an episode to fool contestants into believing they are taking a deep sea diving bell to the ocean floor.
Appearing in "Odd Skills"
Featured Characters:
- Jim Branner (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Bill Toney (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "Odd Skills"
The manager of an auto parts shop develops a sudden tolerance for "human variation" in parts, possibly linked to otherworldly strangers in the shop at night.
Appearing in "A Penny for Your Dreams!"
Featured Characters:
- Clark Powers (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Harry (First appearance)
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Locations:
- Earth
- Swiss Alps (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "A Penny for Your Dreams!"
A man who enjoys daydreaming while he rides to work on the subway tries a new machine which has the power to briefly turn dreams into reality. He wishes he was a big shot and fires two hundred men simply because he has the power to do so. The dream ends and when he tries his next dream, the machine doesn't work. He sees the repairman and asks why he hasn't serviced the machine and the man replies because the company boss fired two hundred men for no reason.
Appearing in "The Missing Man!"
Featured Characters:
- Greg (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Greg's father
Other Characters:
- Astra (First appearance)
- Greg's mother
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Synopsis for "The Missing Man!"
This story postulates that UFOs were the exploratory experiment of a Martian who withdraws them and gives up his all-consuming work in order to marry his long-neglected sweetheart.
Appearing in "Down to Earth"
Featured Characters:
- An unnamed child
Supporting Characters:
- A group of alien explorers
Other Characters:
- Various soldiers
- Many curious people
- An unnamed politician
- An unnamed fighter pilot
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Vehicles:
- Various starships
Synopsis for "Down to Earth"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Someone Is Calling"
Featured Characters:
- Fred Byron (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Tim Kelliher (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "Someone Is Calling"
A reporter ends up rescuing several people in trouble when messages come over the teletype, but never seems to rescue the senders of the distress signal. It turns out the people in trouble are lunar inhabitants who succeed in making their way back to the moon themselves after fruitlessly messaging the moon rescue squad.
Notes
- “Down to Earth ” is similar to the last story in Amazing Adult Fantasy #7 minus the alien child.
- “Odd Skills” as A two page text piece
Trivia
- This issue was not renewed for copyright after 28 years, effectively making its debut stories and characters public domain under United States law.