Give myself up? Never! Look, I'll quit! I'll never do anything criminal again! 
- —Vincent Durand
Appearing in "The Effigy"
Featured Characters:
- Vincent Durand (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Voodoo Cult
- Papa Genoux
- Four unnamed members
Other Characters:
- NOPD
- Jim
- Numerous unnamed police officers
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Vincent Durand's Effigy
Synopsis for "The Effigy"
A criminal takes an effigy from a voodoo cult so that they cannot use it to compel him to surrender himself to the police.
Appearing in "Iron Face!"
Featured Characters:
- West
- General Colin Ruddy (First appearance)
- Private Ian Jago (First appearance) (Impersonates a Colonel)
Supporting Characters:
- Colonel Arnell
- Colonel Brian Scott (First appearance)
- Dr. Thomas
- Top Sergeant Mike Halliday (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- East
- Numerous unnamed military personnel
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-Unknown (First appearance)
Items:
- Iron Face (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Iron Face!"
When the communists come up with a machine that can read minds, the west takes a short soldier and supplies him with a fake head that contains instructions for leading the commies into a trap.
Appearing in "The Secret of the Iron Needle!"
Featured Characters:
- Space Explorers
- Mason
- Court
- Fuller
- Numerous unnamed explorers
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Secret of the Iron Needle!"
Space explorers realize, when the planet they are examining runs down, the giant needle they've found is not a natural phenomenon but the winding key of a giant toy.
Appearing in "The Last Laugh!"
Featured Characters:
- Burton
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Professor
Antagonists:
- Numerous unnamed knights
Other Characters:
- Crane
- Burton's Butler
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Last Laugh!"
A ruthless businessman is sure that he is the reincarnation of someone important from medieval times, but when he does journey back into time he finds that he was...the court jester.
Appearing in "Mystery Pupil"
Featured Characters:
- Professor Colin
Supporting Characters:
- Mr. Plum
- Gertrude
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Mune (Mentioned)
- Mune's Mother (Mentioned)
- Mune's Father (Mentioned)
- Unidentified State Police
- Numerous unnamed police officers
- Secret Service
- Numerous unnamed secret service agents
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Bright School
- United States of America
- Earth
Items:
- Martian Ray Gun
Vehicles:
- Martian Spacecraft
Synopsis for "Mystery Pupil"
A dull teacher earns accolades by accidentally helping capture a Martian criminal.
Appearing in "They Wait in the Caves!"
Featured Characters:
- John Panyard (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Nolan
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed island natives
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- Pacific Ocean
- Unidentified Island
- Asia
- Pacific Ocean
- Earth
Synopsis for "They Wait in the Caves!"
A man finds an island abundant with pearls and gives the location to his friend. When the friend arrives, the natives destroy his boat to keep him from revealing the island's location to anyone else.
Appearing in "The Land of Missing Persons"
Featured Characters:
- Jay Bourke (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Roland Cavell (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed airline passengers
- Numerous unnamed robots
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- Roland Cavell's City (Destroyed)
- New York City, New York (Mentioned)
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Land of Missing Persons"
A mad scientist uses a ray to capture planes that fly over his hidden mountain fortress to enslave workers in order to build his futuristic city for him. He is arrested and his city destroyed by a detective.
Notes
- "The Effigy" is reprinted in Book of the Dead #4.
- "They Wait in the Caves!" is reprinted in Vault of Evil #10.