—From the splash page of "Graveyard at Midnight"He was a man of a thousand faces---and his greatest public performance was in a---GRAVEYARD AT MIDNIGHT!
Appearing in "Love Story"
Featured Characters:
- Phil Kassel (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Mr. Morston
Antagonists:
- Phil Kassel's Guinea Pigs
Other Characters:
- Ramsdale Research Labs. (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed researchers
- Oscar (Laboratory Assistant)
- Unidentified Police Department
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- Earth
- United States of America
- Ramsdale Research Labs.
- United States of America
- Earth
- Heaven (Invoked)
- Earthspace
Items:
- Love Potion
Synopsis for "Love Story"
A chemist mixes up a love potion but leaves it too close to the guinea pig cage and they drink it all.
Appearing in "Pharaoh's Finger"
Featured Characters:
- Professor John Ascher (First appearance; dies)
- Hubert Shaw (First appearance; dies)
- Dr. Ibn Saudi (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Cult of Pharaoh's Finger (First appearance)
- Harry Hayden (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Boshupri (Mentioned) (High Priest)
- Ashturi (Mentioned) (Goddess)
- Pharaoh Rameses (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Pharaoh's Finger"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Corpse"
Featured Characters:
- Ape
Supporting Characters:
- Dolly Drake (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Watchman (First appearance; dies)
- Two unnamed bystanders (First appearance; dies)
- Unidentified Police Department
- Unnamed Police Officer
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Corpse"
A murderer is being sought by the police for a killing that he did not commit so he drives to his girlfriend who can provide an alibi. On the way over he strikes someone crossing the street in the dark and does not stop. He returns to the scene after police have showed out of curiosity and they tell him he's wanted in connection with a recent murder. He tells them that his girlfriend can account for his whereabouts but they tell him that she can't speak up for him since she was just killed by a hit and run driver.
Appearing in "The Warning!"
Featured Characters:
- Carl Brown (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Rocky Brown (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Mrs. Brown (Carl and Rocky's Mother) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Warning!"
A man considers a criminal career until his dead brother dissuades him.
Appearing in "The Dumb Slob!"
Featured Characters:
- Rufus
Supporting Characters:
- Emmy Lou Crew
- Unnamed Captain (Apparent death)
- Numerous unnamed sailors (Apparent death)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Emmy Lou (Destroyed)
Synopsis for "The Dumb Slob!"
Sailors make fun of a dumb person the captain picked up in port to do free labor until he tells them that he sees the edge of the ocean and warns them not to go over. They put him in a rowboat and tell him to return so that he can warn others. The story ends with their ship falling off the edge of the ocean.
Appearing in "Graveyard At Midnight!"
Featured Characters:
- Charles Carew (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Jim Duncan (First appearance; dies)
- Unnamed Cemetery Caretaker (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- NYPD
- Unnamed Lieutenant
- Unnamed Sergeant
- Numerous unnamed police officers
Other Characters:
- Merchants Bank
- Mr. Evarts
- Unnamed Security Guard
- Unnamed Employee
- Unnamed Customer
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Merchants Bank
- Majestic Theater
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "Graveyard At Midnight!"
An actor robs a bank in disguise and then kills his manager in the cemetery for trying to blackmail him. The caretaker sees the murder and phones the police. The police show up at the playhouse looking for the actor and he stays in the shadows so he can overhear them. He realizes that the cemetery caretaker saw him so he plans to murder the caretaker and disguise himself as his victim until the heat dies down. His plan would have worked, but the police leap to the erroneous conclusion that the caretaker is the killer who killed both the actor and his manager. The police shoot him when he attempts to confess that he is the actor.