Appearing in "Help Wanted!"
Featured Characters:
- Mr. Scrag
Supporting Characters:
- Hadley
- Jenkins
Antagonists:
- Demon (Unnamed)
Other Characters:
- Painter (Unnamed)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- Scrag's Department Store
Synopsis for "Help Wanted!"
A cheap department store owner's toy demonstrator quits after receiving a Christmas bonus of only one dime, and so the owner attempts to save money by shortening the help wanted ad to "Demon. Wanted." He gets what he advertises for.
Appearing in "Curse of the Mummy"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "Curse of the Mummy"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Swamp Girl!"
Featured Characters:
- Jeb Townley
Supporting Characters:
- Cat-Girl (Unnamed)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Union Army
- Ulysses Grant (Mentioned)
- Joe
Races and Species:
Locations:
Events:
Synopsis for "Swamp Girl!"
A deserter becomes a cat when he drinks water from the bayou.
Appearing in "They Dive by Night!"
Featured Characters:
- Jim Gerrick (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Chief Kahola
Antagonists:
- Man-Eating Clams
Other Characters:
- Gerrick's Crew
- Joe
- Other Crewmen (Unnamed)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Jim Gerrick's Ship
Synopsis for "They Dive by Night!"
A native warns a pearl diver not to dive by night so as to have enough light to see where to avoid the man-eating clams, but he doesn't listen.
Appearing in "Fast Freight"
Featured Characters:
- Prisoner 51764
Supporting Characters:
- Louis (Train Conductor)
Antagonists:
- Prisoners
- Prison Guards
- Mike
- Other Guards (Unnamed)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Freight Train
Synopsis for "Fast Freight"
A man escapes from prison and manages to hop onto a passing train, not knowing that the train is carrying freight right back to the prison.
Appearing in "Bong!"
Featured Characters:
- Hugo Walther
Supporting Characters:
- Katrine Lukas
Antagonists:
- Eric Brawne
Other Characters:
- Hugo Walther's Servant (Unnamed)
- Police
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Bong!"
A man resolves to murder his rival for the affections of a beautiful girl, but ends up killing himself by falling into the bell-maker's molten vat. As the man hated noise, the ironic twist of the story is that his soul becomes cast into the noisiest bell in the town.
Notes
- "Help Wanted!" is reprinted in Vault of Evil #6.
- "Swamp Girl!" is reprinted in Monsters Unleashed #3.
- "They Dive by Night!" is reprinted in Vault of Evil #6.
- "Fast Freight" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #6.
- "Bong!" is reprinted in Beware #5.