—Silas BleedeYou win! Whatever you are, you've beaten me! I'm going home again--home where I have much to make up for! Perhaps some day I'll return to you --and I pray that I may then be worthy enough to behold you one more... without fear!
Appearing in "I Was a Slave of the Living Hulk! Chapter One The Coming of the Hulk / Chapter 2 Slaves of the Hulk!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Mrs. Harper (Joe's Wife)
Antagonists:
- Xemnu The Living Hulk ⏵ (Main story and flashback) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- United States Air Force
- Fred (Behind the scenes)
- FBI (Referenced)
- Several unidentified aliens (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed Earthlings
- United States Army
Races and Species:
- Xem (Main story and flashback) (First appearance)
- Cyborgs (Main story and flashback)
- Humans
- Unidentified alien species (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
- Solar System (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America
- United States of America
- North Carolina
- Cary (First appearance)
- Unnamed Rader Station
- Joe's House
- Fred's House (Mentioned)
- Blacktree Swamp (First appearance)
- Cary (First appearance)
- North Carolina
- United States of America
- North America
- Sun (Mentioned)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Solar System (Main story and flashback)
- Unnamed Exile World (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- Xemnu's Home Planet (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
- Xemnu's Original Spaceship (Main story and flashback) (Destroyed)
- Xemnu's New Spaceship
Synopsis for "I Was a Slave of the Living Hulk! Chapter One The Coming of the Hulk / Chapter 2 Slaves of the Hulk!"
Xemnu was one of several inmates on an "exile world" until he snuck past several guards and onto a supply ship. The hijacked craft was only capable of bearing him half of the way home, however, and he was forced to crash land on Earth. There his unconscious, non-operational body was found in Blacktree Swamp by electrician Joe Harper. Hopeful that he could revive Xemnu by repairing his cybernetic parts, Harper brought Xemnu's body to his workshop. There he revived Xemnu through an electrolysis process. While recharging, Xemnu revealed that he was a convict and then used his hypnosis rays to take control of Harper. After confirming that his hypnosis did in fact work on humans, Xemnu brought Harper out of his trance and revealed his plan to enthrall all of humanity in order to construct a new ship, capable of bearing him home. The force needed to launch the ship would cause a chain of geological events which would tear the Earth apart. As Harper was the one who revived Xemnu, he was to be taken along and spared the fate of the rest of his planet (though Harper suspected that he just liked having someone to gloat over and boast to). Xemnu enthralled the entire human race with his hypnosis rays, and order them to design and construct his new spacecraft. Joe Harper was able to save the Earth by sabotaging the craft: when Xemnu prepared to depart, two crossed wires caused a short circuit which locked him in a state of shock. Harper then launched the craft with only a fraction of the power Xemnu intended, sending him into orbit around the sun. When Xemnu travelled past the Earth's atmosphere, the effects of his hypnosis rays ended, and only Joe remembered Xemnu had ever appeared.
Appearing in "Strange Mission"
Featured Characters:
- Alfred Pook (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Sol
- Earth
- United States of America
- 108 Main Street
- Dr. Smith's Laboratory
- 10 S Main Street (Mentioned)
- 108 Main Street
- United States of America
- Unidentified Planet
- Earth
- Sol
Synopsis for "Strange Mission"
Appearing in "There is a Brain Behind the Fangs!"
Featured Characters:
- Frank Miller
Supporting Characters:
- John Redfield
- Laddie (Dog)
Antagonists:
- Pharaoh (Cat)
Other Characters:
- Roman Empire (Vision or hallucination)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Dogs
- Neanderthals (Vision or hallucination)
- Dinosaurs (Vision or hallucination)
- Cats
Locations:
Events:
- American Revolutionary War (Vision or hallucination)
Synopsis for "There is a Brain Behind the Fangs!"
A man believes that dogs have evolved intelligence and are just hiding it, waiting to strike. His psychologist proves that this is not true by hypnotizing the dog, however it is shown that it is cats who are waiting to strike.
Appearing in "I Can't Escape from the Creeping Things!"
Featured Characters:
- Silas Bleede
Antagonists:
- Tree
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed villagers
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "I Can't Escape from the Creeping Things!"
A ruthless businessman buys an estate with a large tree blocking his view, so he attempt to hire some villagers to cut it down but they refuse, stating it is the oldest thing in the village and there would be a curse placed on any who tried to cut it down. The scoffing man takes a few whacks at it with an ax himself but tires quickly and goes to bed. He hears sounds and sees branches of the tree extending into the window, probing after him. He tries to flee the house out of the door, but the tree has used its branches to block the door. The only place left he can run is the basement and he has his back against the wall there as the branches still approach him, when suddenly the dawn light comes through a window and the branches retreat. He finds himself in his bed and thinks it was just a nightmare, but he sees one single branch still in the doorway which convinces him it really happened. The experience has given him a change of heart and he packs his bags to leave the estate and attempt to make up for his underhanded business dealings.
Notes
- "I Was a Slave of the Living Hulk! Chapter One The Coming of the Hulk / Chapter 2 Slaves of the Hulk!" is reprinted in Monsters on the Prowl #11.
- "There is a Brain Behind the Fangs!" is reprinted in Fear #6.
- "I Can't Escape from the Creeping Things!" is reprinted in Fear #8 & Monster Menace #2.
