The storm, the cave... it made me remember an Easter egg hunt! Well once I make that telephone call, I'll set off the greatest egg hunt in the history of man! 
- —Bob Fry
Appearing in "Lost... One World"
Featured Characters:
- James Blaine (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Unnamed Police Officer
- Unnamed Landlady
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Tennant
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Guinea Pigs (Mentioned)
Locations:
Items:
- Time Machine
Synopsis for "Lost... One World"
An old man builds a time machine, but rather than sending objects through time, it makes objects as they once were. He decides to test it himself, and his younger version has no recollection of events until he finds some notes about the machine. He is bewildered at first and then thinks that getting a second chance to live life may not be so bad after all.
Appearing in "The Invisible Thieves!"
Featured Characters:
- Pug Bailey (First appearance)
- Brod Ellis (First appearance)
- Barney Jones (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Dr. Howard Downer (First appearance)
- Inspector Adams
Antagonists:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Numerous unnamed police officers
Other Characters:
- Elmer Boylan
- Norton Hill
- Unnamed Bank Guard
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- Dr. Howard Downer's Laboratory
- Unidentified Bank
- Birch Woods Motel
- United States of America
Items:
- Experiment E-27
Synopsis for "The Invisible Thieves!"
A Doctor and his associates create an insecticide that turns out to make humans sprayed with it invisible for two hours. A group of criminals hear about the breakthrough through the newspaper and break into his lab to steal the insecticide referred to as Experiment E-27.
The group of criminals decided to rob a bank and during so use the spray to turn invisible. The three men hop into their car and drive to the motel to count their loot. Upon getting at the motel they argue about who was driving the car only to be startled when invisible police officers take credit for driving them. Stating that they saw the men enter the bank and supplied by the doctor with their own batch of the Experiment-27 they used it to set up the ambush.
Appearing in "The Victim!"
Featured Characters:
- Luke Mundy (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Morton Ruggles (Plastic Robot) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Detective Larkin
- Detective Hoyle
- Detective Dunn
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Turner
- Unnamed Police Officer
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Luke Mundy's Flying Submarine (Only in flashback)
- Luke Mundy's Jet-Powered Race Car (Only in flashback)
- Luke Mundy's One Man Guided Missile (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "The Victim!"
An inventor is caught throwing his assistant off a bridge and into the waters below. While in custody he retells his tales of forcing his assistant to test his other inventions. Just as the detectives are ready to book the inventor they bring in his found "assistant" a plastic robot test dummy.
Appearing in "The Dry Earth"
Featured Characters:
- Chuck
Supporting Characters:
- Harry Davis
- Kennedy (Governative agent)
Antagonists:
- Controllers
Other Characters:
- Dr. Ramsay
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "The Dry Earth"
The weather reporter at a newspaper realizes that the weather is being manipulated somehow in an effort to destroy Earth's crops, and helps the government stop the attack.
Appearing in "A Voice From Nowhere!"
Featured Characters:
- Martin
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed colonists
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- Station One
- New Earth
- Station Six
Synopsis for "A Voice From Nowhere!"
A man having trouble putting others first after a post-apocalyptic event is put on a switchboard in an attempt to located other survivors. During his shift he hears a voice and sets out there without telling anyone in the hope of a better life even going so far as to take food from the station to complete his journey. Upon arriving where he had heard the voice from the call he finds the place decimated and the voice he had heard was that of an answering machine.
Appearing in "When We Awake!"
Featured Characters:
- Far Star I Crew
- Captain Colby
- Numerous unnamed crewmen
Supporting Characters:
- Allis
- Professor Jenks
Antagonists:
- Numerous unnamed evolved humans
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed aliens
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Far Star I (Spaceship)
Synopsis for "When We Awake!"
Three men travel the stars to another solar system looking for intelligent life. Upon making contact they are greeted with peaceful aliens that look much like humans. They go on the long journey back to Earth only to discover the humans there have evolved and look wildly different to the astronauts. No longer feeling like home they steel the ship back and head towards the planet they felt more at home at.
Appearing in "When the Eggs Hatch!"
Featured Characters:
- Bob Fry (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Dr. Amos Milton (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- Numerous unnamed aliens (Main story and flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Dinosaurs (Mentioned)
- Unidentified alien species (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
Synopsis for "When the Eggs Hatch!"
A man finds a note in a jar that been left in a cave describing alien eggs that had landed on Earth inside of meteors. He goes off to alert authorities to search inside of caves for the eggs.
Notes
- "Lost... One World" is reprinted in Worlds Unknown #4.
- When the Eggs Hatch is reprinted in Creatures on the Loose #25.
See Also
- 1 image(s) from Journey Into Unknown Worlds Vol 1 53
- 2 reprint(s) of Journey Into Unknown Worlds Vol 1 53