- —From the splash page of "You Can't Kill Me!"
Appearing in "You Can't Kill Me!"
Featured Characters:
- Henri Lebret (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Professor Pierre Duval (First appearance)
- Suzanne Duval (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Executioner
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Three unnamed officers
- Two unnamed bank robbers
- Unnamed Bank Watchman (First appearance; dies)
- Jacques (Henri Lebret's Lawyer)
- God (Invoked)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "You Can't Kill Me!"
A scientist develops a method of reattaching severed heads, but when his beloved daughter makes him promise to reattach the head of an executed killer she wishes to marry, he puts the man's head back on upside down to save her from herself.
Appearing in "The Hitchhiker"
Featured Characters:
- George Ramsey (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Hitchhiker (Ghost, soul or spirit)
Other Characters:
- Mrs. Donohue
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Midale (First appearance)
- Mrs. Donohue's Boarding House
- Midale (First appearance)
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Hitchhiker"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Man in the Mud"
Featured Characters:
- Marty
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Wealthy Man
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Pickpocket
Other Characters:
- Ed
- Barney
- United States Marine Corps (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Man in the Mud"
Marty, a pickpocket, always gets kicked out of fancy restaurants when he tries to trick the proprietors into giving him food. He thinks it's his lucky day when he steals a man's wallet and finds over $800 inside, so he buys a fancy suit of clothes and waltzes into a nice restaurant. The waiters recognize him and get suspicious, so he decides to show them that he really does have the money...but he finds out that his pocket's been picked!
Appearing in "The Sissy!"
Featured Characters:
- Stephen
Supporting Characters:
- Joey
- Unnamed Shop Owner (Black Magic Shoppe)
Antagonists:
- Hester (Stephen's Aunt) (Turned into a frog)
Other Characters:
- Ms. Perkins
- Mrs. Malone (Mentioned)
- Teddy Malone (Mentioned)
- Joey's Mother (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Black Magic Shoppe
- United States of America
- Earth
Items:
- Unidentified Black Magic Book
Synopsis for "The Sissy!"
Stephen, a scrawny kid, lives with his cruel aunt who never lets him do anything he wants to do, so he buys a spell-book from a "Black Magic Shoppe" and uses it to turn her into a frog.
Appearing in "Suicide!"
Featured Characters:
- Mr. Jenks (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Lucky
- Mr. Farley
Other Characters:
- NYPD
- Unnamed Police Officer
- Cyrus B. Jenks (Mentioned) (Deceased) (Mr. Jenks' Uncle)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Suicide!"
Jenks, a bum who thinks he has no future in life, makes two suicide attempts, but fails in both of them. When he returns home, he meets a lawyer who announces that his rich uncle has just died and he's inherited a million dollars. However, when he rushes out to celebrate, he falls down the stairs and breaks his neck.
Appearing in "They Made Me A Ghost!"
Featured Characters:
- Blackie Droome (First appearance; dies and becomes a ghost)
Supporting Characters:
- Judge Parker
- Unnamed Death Row Inmate
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Death Row Inmate's Wife (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Tom
- Unnamed Correction Officer
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- Hell (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "They Made Me A Ghost!"
A condemned man makes a deal with Satan to be made a ghost so that he can haunt the judge responsible for his sentence. As a ghost, he finds himself unable to affect the physical world and the wind eventually blows him out into the void of space where he drifts for eternity.
Notes
- "You Can't Kill Me" is reprinted in Tomb of Darkness #21.
- "They Made Me A Ghost" is reprinted in Tomb of Darkness #22.