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You fool! You've destroyed me and all of the communistic world when you killed this great and harmless being! But after what I have found out, perhaps it's for the best... after all!

—Chenkov

Appearing in "Tornado"

Featured Characters:

  • Tony Anders (First appearance; dies)

Antagonists:

  • Tornado
    • Arak
    • Unnamed Alien

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Items:

  • Aladdin's Lamp (Referenced)

Synopsis for "Tornado"

A tornado that behaves as though it were enslaved to a particular man turns out to be created by aliens to study his behavior. The man is killed when the observations are concluded.

Appearing in "No Escape!"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Journey Into Mystery #1
(originally printed as Death Finds A Way!)

Featured Characters:

  • Luke Spandin (First appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

  • Annie Bat-Eyes (First appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Fred Gormit (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Daisy Tulliffer (Mentioned)

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Synopsis for "No Escape!"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Journey Into Mystery #1
(originally printed as Death Finds A Way!)
Luke Spandin loses the love of his life to Fred Gormit so he goes to the witch Annie Bat-Eyes for a evil curse. Any body part of item attached to a doll will make it a voodoo doll. Luke grabs a handkerchief of Fred's and throws it in the fire but just then the handkerchief falls off and Luke's sweat on the doll causes himself to die.

Appearing in "Willie! Or Won't He?"

Featured Characters:

  • Willie Carter

Supporting Characters:

  • Mary Carter
  • Jim Carter

Other Characters:

  • Uncle Fred (Named only)
  • Willie's Teacher

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Synopsis for "Willie! Or Won't He?"

Willie's dad agrees to buy him a bike if he stays out of trouble for a month but when the boy draws a picture of his teacher the father thinks it's a caricature and smashes the bike. When the teacher visits the house the parents realize Willie's drawing was accurate.

Appearing in "The Next World!"

Featured Characters:

  • Alan Denis

Supporting Characters:

  • Old Man

Antagonists:

  • Giant Turkey

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Synopsis for "The Next World!"

Alan is dissatisfied with the world and hangs himself but doesn't receive the oblivion he expects. He wakes into a world with strange natural laws and a man tells him that he can shoot himself and offers him the pistol he no longer desires. When Alan kills himself a second time he finds himself in an even worse place and a turkey carrying an ax and strangely smiling approaches him.

Appearing in "The Threat!"

Featured Characters:

  • Toas

Supporting Characters:

  • King Holihowli
  • Numerous unnamed Tobli natives

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Items:

  • Toas's Machine

Synopsis for "The Threat!"

The chief of the island of Tobli buys up the world's supply of TNT bombs because he has a friend with a machine that destroys radioactivity. When all nuclear weapons are rendered ineffective the chief's TNT bombs become the world's most powerful deterrent.

Appearing in "The Giant Killer"

Featured Characters:

  • Chenkov

Supporting Characters:

  • Chan Brothers (First appearance; dies)
    • Four unnamed brothers (First appearance; dies)

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Other Characters:

  • Dr. Bussilov (First appearance; dies)

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Synopsis for "The Giant Killer"

Communists hunt down and kill four men grown to giant size by exposure to radiation.

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