—Gloria BaileyYou went to a lot of trouble just to be with me... and now your face has taken on the character of your love for me! But I'd love you, no matter what you looked like, darling!
Appearing in "Up in the Air!"
Featured Characters:
- Tommy Trent (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Ted Trent (First appearance) (Tommy's Father)
- Mary Trent (First appearance) (Tommy's Mother)
Other Characters:
- Mr. Manning (First appearance)
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Vehicles:
- X-1G
Synopsis for "Up in the Air!"
A boy finds that his toy plane duplicates the kind of experiences that his real pilot father has on his test flights.
Appearing in "The Message"
Featured Characters:
- Prof. Sternhardy (First appearance)
- Prof. Ivransen (First appearance)
- British Historical Society
- Roger Smythe (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Rama Jiz (First appearance; behind the scenes)
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Synopsis for "The Message"
Three archeologists are called to Alexandria to look for the city of Agam-el-Nidra via a telegram. It is only after they discover the city and its secrets does the telegram reveal the name it was sent by, "Rama Jiz" which is the figure the archaeologists found the city treated like a god.
Appearing in "Mind Over Matter!"
Featured Characters:
- Dr. Stevens (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Scientists
- Prof. Melton
- Several unnamed scientists
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Synopsis for "Mind Over Matter!"
A scientist has a theory that mind can control matter so he attempts to prove it to others by making his own body disappear. When he succeeds he has misgivings about the kind of power this would give to those with criminal intent and so he tells his fellows that the whole thing was a hoax.
Appearing in "Honest Abe"
Featured Characters:
- Dr. Abe Davis (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- G.B. Ferrick (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Jim (First appearance)
- Jim's Wife (First appearance)
- Abraham Lincoln (Photo)
- Mrs. Mercer (First appearance)
- James Madison (Mentioned)
- God (Referenced)
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Synopsis for "Honest Abe"
A doctor for the poor takes all the money he has, five dollars, and goes to plead his case for the charity clinic to the wealthy land owner who wants to buy up the plot and shut it down. The greedy man wants five thousand dollars, not five dollars, and the doctor is shocked to discover that when he hands the bill to the man it has become a five thousand dollar bill.
Appearing in "The Crooked Stick!"
Featured Characters:
- Elmer Bittle (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Marley (First appearance)
- Howe (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Several unnamed farmers
- Unnamed Doctor
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Synopsis for "The Crooked Stick!"
The secret of a dowser's success in finding water is that his veins contain not blood, but water.
Appearing in "Two Faces Have I"
Featured Characters:
- John "Johnny" Morton (Harry Norton) (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Gloria Bailey (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Store Clerk
- Mr. Jordan (First appearance; voice only)
- Peter Bailey (Mentioned) (Gloria's Brother)
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Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- New York
- Detroit, Michigan (Mentioned)
- Chicago, Illinois (Mentioned)
- United States of America
Synopsis for "Two Faces Have I"
A man buys a mask so that he can talk to the girl he loves but when he admits to her that he is a fraud, and takes off the mask, he finds that his face has come to resemble the handsome mask.
Notes
Publication Notes[]
- "Honest Abe" is reprinted in Chamber of Chills #13.
- "The Crooked Stick!" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #14.