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Appearing in "When The Mummy Walks"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tales to Astonish #31

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Synopsis for "When The Mummy Walks"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tales to Astonish #31

A man has a theory that the Egyptian pyramids where built as copies of single large pyramid that was built as a prison to contain some menace. He travels to Egypt to locate the lost pyramid and succeeds in finding it. Unknown to him, his assistant is plotting to kill him and grab the glory of the discovery for himself. When the man penetrates the inner chamber, he discovers a huge mummy lying on a stone slab. The assistant sets off explosive charges to seal the man in the crypt with the mummy, and the mummy stirs, awoken by the sound of the explosion. The mummy scoffs at his 'prison' theory, stating "I built this myself as I am an alien to your world, though my memory is clouded after my long sleep and I cannot recall why." The mummy attacks the man and he hides, but the mummy knocks a hole into the pyramid wall. When they emerge, the assistant dies of fright at the shock of the sight and the mummy recalls too late that this planet's atmosphere is poisonous to him which is why he built the pyramid shelter. The mummy topples dead in the sand and the man is saved.

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Appearing in "Dead Planet!"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Tales to Astonish #27

Featured Characters:

  • Grokor
  • Mopox

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  • Komok warriors

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Synopsis for "Dead Planet!"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Tales to Astonish #27
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The warrior race of the planet Komok begin to conquer the galaxy, taking over planets with intelligent life one by one. There is one condition to their conquest: if a Komok warrior is defeated, the rest will return to their home planet in disgrace. After conquering several worlds, the Komok send one of their conquerors to a planet where they have detected intelligent life. The warrior, Mopox, searches in vain for a new species to conquer but can find nothing, despite the fact that his device registers the existence of intelligent life. Mopox waits for years, but, eventually, the warrior loses the will to live and expires on what appears to him to be a dead world. After his death, the inhabitants of the planet begin to stir. Intelligent life does exist on the planet but in the form of beings who look like rocks.

Appearing in "They Vanished Forever!"

Reprint of the 3rd story from
Strange Tales #98

Featured Characters:

  • Thomas Clarke (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

  • William Reynolds

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  • Flying Dutchman Crew (Only in flashback)
    • Numerous unnamed members (Only in flashback)

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  • Captain William Reynolds' Crew
    • Numerous unnamed members
  • Davy Jones (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
  • Molly Browne Crew (Only in flashback)
    • Numerous unnamed members (Only in flashback)

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  • Humans (Main story and flashback)
  • Ghosts (Main story and flashback)

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  • Captain Reynolds' Ship
  • Molly Browne (Main story and flashback) (Ship)
  • Flying Dutchman (Only in flashback) (Ship)

Synopsis for "They Vanished Forever!"

Reprint of the 3rd story from
Strange Tales #98

An old ship captain and his crew find a seemingly-deserted ship. Upon boarding, they find one survivor who cannot remember what happened. The man is brought back to shore, but at an inquiry more questioning reveals nothing. Finally alone, it's revealed that the survivor is lying, and that the ship and crew encountered the legendary ship 'The Flying Dutchman', its ghost crew, and a hold of treasure. The man was the only one who did not loot the ship, and the rest of his crew-mates become ghosts, doomed to replace the original crew of The Flying Dutchman...

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