Someone! Anyone! Place a flower on my coffin! Doesn't anyone have a kind thought for Silas Worth? I'm dead... I'm at least entitled to a coffin! Open the doors, someone... and let me rest in peace! 
- —Silas Worth
Appearing in "The Tomb"
Featured Characters:
- Silas Worth (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- George Worth (First appearance)
- Alice Worth (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Chauffeur
- Teasle (Worth Butler)
- Unnamed Doctor
- Unnamed Lawyer
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Worth Estate
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Tomb"
A wealthy miser pretends to be dead so that he can dash the expectations of his nephew when he confronts him, but when he finally does reveal himself they ignore him and he realizes that the drug he took to simulate death was too much for his heart and he is now a ghost.
Appearing in "The Wish!"
Featured Characters:
- George (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- "Three Eyes" (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Flower-Woman (Mentioned in narration)
- Shirly Krankheit (Mentioned in narration)
- Mr. Kromberger (Mentioned in narration)
- Frank Kelly (Mentioned in narration)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Unidentified species
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Wish!"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Out of the Night"
Featured Characters:
- Lee Duncan (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Monster Bug
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- Netherworld (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Out of the Night"
A writer is attacked and killed by a giant bug.
Appearing in "The Man Who Made a Wish!"
Featured Characters:
- Clarence Hopkins (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Doctor
Antagonists:
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Man Who Made a Wish!"
A man makes a pact with Satan for money and Satan gives him a disease that the medical community will pay him 10,000 dollars to partake in their study, but the disease will ensure that he will only have one month of life to spend the money.
Appearing in "Beware...the Bees!"
Featured Characters:
- Casper Green (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Walter Blane (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Walter Blane's Bees
Other Characters:
- Mrs. Hare
- Devil (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Ellendale
- Clearwater Road
- Ellendale
- United States of America
- Earth
Items:
- Walter Blane's Serum
Vehicles:
- Mrs. Hare's Car
Synopsis for "Beware...the Bees!"
A man takes a serum in order to work unmolested around bee hives which produces results akin to the those of the movie "The Fly."
Appearing in "The Thinking Machines!"
Featured Characters:
- George Temple (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Thinking Machines
Other Characters:
- Carter
- Para-Supreme Studios
- Dick
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-Unknown
- Earthspace
- Earth
- United States of America
- Massachusetts (Only in flashback)
- Pittsfield (Only in flashback)
- New York (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- New York Stock Exchange (Only in flashback)
- New York City (Only in flashback)
- Pennsylvania (Only in flashback)
- Philadelphia (Only in flashback)
- Maryland (Only in flashback)
- Baltimore (Only in flashback)
- Washington, D.C. (Only in flashback)
- Georgia (Only in flashback)
- Atlanta (Only in flashback)
- California (Only in flashback)
- Los Angeles (Only in flashback)
- Hollywood (Only in flashback)
- Los Angeles (Only in flashback)
- Michigan (Only in flashback)
- Detroit (Only in flashback)
- Illinois (Only in flashback)
- Chicago (Only in flashback)
- Massachusetts (Only in flashback)
- United States of America
- Earth
- Heaven (Invoked)
- Earthspace
Synopsis for "The Thinking Machines!"
Machines everywhere begin to run amok killing humans because in a few years the humans will destroy themselves in an atomic war and the machines refuse to be devastated along with them.
Notes
Publisher Notes[]
- "The Tomb" is reprinted in Vault of Evil #11.
- "Out of the Night" is reprinted in Journey Into Mystery (Vol. 2) #8.
- "The Man Who Made a Wish!" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #8.
- "Beware...the Bees!" is reprinted in Chamber of Chills #12.