Herman Hooper was small and ugly!! But he was also the most dangerous man on Earth... 
- —From the splash page of "Horrible Herman"
Appearing in "Horrible Herman"
Featured Characters:
- Herman Hooper (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Betty (First appearance; dies)
- Betty's Boyfriend (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Unnamed Police Chief
- Unnamed Detective
- Joe
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Sunrise Hill
- United States of America
- Earth Orbit
- North America
- Earth
Items:
- Herman's Atomic Bomb (Destroyed)
Vehicles:
- Herman's Rocket (Destroyed)
Synopsis for "Horrible Herman"
Herman Hooper, a brilliant scientist with a hideous and apelike face, falls in love with a beautiful waitress, but she rejects him because of his ugliness. Infuriated, he kills her and returns to his lab. Determined to make the whole world pay for rejecting him, he builds both a rocket ship and an atomic bomb. He plans to blow up the entire planet and escape into outer space as the only human left alive. However, when he launches the ship into the stratosphere and drops the bomb from it, it simply remains still in space. Herman realizes that it can't fall down to Earth because it's outside of the range of the planet's gravity. It can't explode unless it hits something, and the only thing which it can hit is Herman's own ship! The explosion of the ship creates a white light in the sky, and people all over the world see it and comment on how beautiful it is.
Appearing in "The Grinning Skulls!"
Featured Characters:
- Dr. Henrik Vandeever (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Vandeever's Expedition
- Professor Stone
- Numerous unnamed members
Antagonists:
- Buck Morgan (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Skipper Eddie
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- Melanesia
- Solomon Islands
- Barako (First appearance)
- Solomon Islands
- Melanesia
- Earth
Items:
- Skull Totems
Synopsis for "The Grinning Skulls!"
When a man attempts to steal skulls from a totem pole, his head becomes the latest addition to the top of the pole.
Appearing in "You Only Die Once!"
Featured Characters:
- Mr. Hestertone
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Stranger
Other Characters:
- Hestertone's Nurse
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "You Only Die Once!"
Mr. Hestertone signs a deal with a stranger that allows him to live forever, but the deal doesn't ensure his health or youth, thus Mr. Hestertone continues to live as a old man who's in constant pain with poor eyesight and hearing in a wheelchair.
Appearing in "The Experiment!"
Featured Characters:
- Professor Vonz (Mind transfers into the body of a gorilla)
Supporting Characters:
- Reporters
- Three unnamed reporters
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Gorilla (Mind transfers into the body of Professor Vonz)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Experiment!"
A scientist creates a process that he thinks will evolve a gorilla into a human being but it turns out to transpose their minds into each other's bodies.
Appearing in "The Golden Coffin"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Man
Supporting Characters:
- King Midas (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Pluto (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- Hades (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The Golden Coffin"
A man summons the ghost of King Midas and demands his power to turn objects to gold. He thinks that he will be more clever than Midas and just get the power in his right hand so that he can eat with his left, but he gets in a vehicle accident and they amputate his left hand.
Appearing in "The Man Who Talked to Ghosts!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Man (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Woman
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Massachusetts
- Beacon Street
- Massachusetts
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Man Who Talked to Ghosts!"
When a woman murders her husband for his money he returns as a ghost.
Notes
Publication Notes[]
- The plot for "Horrible Herman" was recycled as "The Man Who Blew Up the Earth" in Tales to Astonish #29 with art by Jack Kirby.