They tried to do that to me... but I told them.. you can't shrink Sam's head! 
- —Sam Bonner
Appearing in "Don't Shrink Sam's Head!"
Featured Characters:
- Sam Bonner (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Three unnamed museum experts
- Professor Zukor
Antagonists:
- Jivaro
- Unnamed Chief
- Numerous unnamed headhunters
Other Characters:
- "Nero's Hand"
- "Sitting Bull's Skull"
- "Quasimodo's Skeleton"
- "Petrified Vampire"
- "Stuffed Werewolf"
- Kirk Hudson (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Buck Carter (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Vampires (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Werewolves (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Snakes
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- Earth
- North America
- Rome (Mentioned)
- Notre Dame (Mentioned)
- South America
- Earth
- Heaven (Invoked)
- Earthspace
Synopsis for "Don't Shrink Sam's Head!"
A man wants to go to Jivaro country so he can acquire a shrunken head for his collection of horror memorabilia but is afraid of having his head shrunk, so he hires a scientist to treat his head so that it is unshrinkable. The chief captures him and makes him a deal that if they can't shrink his head, they'll give him one of theirs and let him go. He accepts, and they fail to shrink his head so let him go, but they succeeded in their process with the rest of his body.
Appearing in "Tribal Mask"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "Tribal Mask"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Perfect Planet!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Captain
Supporting Characters:
- Star 1 Crew
- Stan
- Johnny
- Numerous unnamed crewmembers
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Star 1
Synopsis for "The Perfect Planet!"
In the year 2300 Earth has moved closer to the sun so humans are looking for a planet to migrate to. Women want to join the men as they explore a moon of Venus but their offer is refused. The men find the moon life sustaining but their old space ship rockets haven't the ability to blast off the surface so they, and the human race, are condemned to die out.
Appearing in "Hugo"
Featured Characters:
- Hugo Borgman (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Paul Sterling (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Franz
- Bruno
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Hugo"
A director unknowingly hires an actor with artificial legs to play the part of a cripple but he fires the man when he comes to believe his performance is not authentic enough.
Appearing in "Mother Knows Best"
Featured Characters:
- Gloria
Supporting Characters:
- Gloria's Mother
- Janet
Other Characters:
- Norstad
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-53923
- Earthspace
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Vermont
- Mount Aeolus
- Vermont
- United States of America
- North America
- Moon
- Sun (Mentioned)
- Earth
- Heaven (Referenced)
- Earthspace
Synopsis for "Mother Knows Best"
A mother tells her daughter that the man in the moon causes the tides but her daughter doesn't believe her. Afterward, the moon gets destroyed by a comet impact and the seas grow calm. Years later, the little girl has grown to have a daughter of her own and she tries to convince her that there used to be a moon which caused the sea to swell. She is shocked when her skeptical daughter says to her "Oh mother, would you have believed a story like that if your mother had told it to you?"
Appearing in "Every Dog Has His Day!"
Featured Characters:
- Ebenezer Koch (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Jimmy
- Spats (Dog) (First appearance; dies)
- Mr. Andrews
Antagonists:
- Dogs
- Numerous unnamed dogs
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed orphans
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Every Dog Has His Day!"
Dogs from a local orphanage take a miser's bag of silver dollars during the night. Since the bag has a hole in it, the miser can follow the shining coins in the blackness as they fall out. The dogs lead him to the shallow pit that he had dug for a pup he poisoned earlier to keep it away from his property and he falls in and breaks his neck.
Notes
- "Don't Shrink Sam's Head!" is reprinted in Vault of Evil #6.
- "Mother Knows Best" is reprinted in Chamber of Chills #10.
- "Every Dog has His Day!" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #6.