Danny was afraid...afraid of the dark and the lightning and the weird wind sounds! He was young, and the young are usually afraid of the unknown, cloaked by darkness... 
- —From the splash page of "Danny Had a Dream"
Appearing in "Danny Had a Dream"
Featured Characters:
- Danny
Supporting Characters:
- Danny's Father
- Danny's Mother
Antagonists:
- Soviet Armed Forces
- Karnoff (First appearance; dies)
- Numerous unnamed soldiers
Other Characters:
- George Wasghington (Portrait)
- Clarke
- Mr. Denning
- United States Army
- Numerous unnamed soldiers
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Danny's Rocket
Synopsis for "Danny Had a Dream"
Danny, a kid living on a farm, dreams of growing up and creating a powerful weapon which he can use to conquer the world. To get started on his task, he decides to gather some old junk and build a model of the machine which he envisions. Surprisingly, when he presses a button on the machine, it disintegrates every metal object in the area, including the nails holding the barn together! Angrily, Danny's father throws the model away, and it lands in an apple cart which is taken to the city and eventually falls into the hands of a government agent. Over a period of many years, the "great scientists of the free nations" analyze the model and use it to build life-size metal disintegrators which they use to force the Communist countries into surrender (after the Russians attack first, of course). Meanwhile, Danny, now an adult, passes by the old collapsed barn on his farm and vaguely recalls the incident from his childhood, thinking about how foolish it was for him to believe that he could build a machine which would conquer the world.
Appearing in "Feud!"
Featured Characters:
- McKay (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Sheriff Ratfield
Other Characters:
- Ollie Ratfield (First appearance; dies)
- Mrs. Ratfield (Alice's Mother) (Only in flashback)
- Mr. Ratfield (Alice's Father) (Only in flashback)
- Alice Ratfield (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
- Jim McKay (Only in flashback)
- Mary Perkins (Mentioned)
- Mrs. McKay (Jim's Mother) (Only in flashback)
- Mr. McKay (Jim's Father) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "Feud!"
A stranger in a mountain town comes across a murdered man, but the local sheriff refuses to do anything about it. The sheriff explains that the dead man is a member of the Ratfield family, who have been feuding with the McKay clan for years. The feud started over the death of a Ratfield woman who loved one of the McKays, but each side claims that the other is responsible. After hearing the story, the stranger pulls a gun on the sheriff and announces that he's going to help the McKays because he is a member of their family. However, the sheriff shoots him first. In the final panel, we see the nameplate on the man's desk: "Sheriff Ratfield."
Appearing in "I Am a Vampire"
Featured Characters:
- Count Von Kazan (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Rudolph
- Jan Mazik (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Vampire
Other Characters:
- Heinrich Gobliv (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed villagers
- Gromo (Jan Mazik's Dog) (First appearance; dies)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- Europe
- Hungary
- Bankoff (First appearance)
- Russia (Referenced)
- Saint Petersburg (Referenced)
- Hungary
- Europe
- Earth
Synopsis for "I Am a Vampire"
A Hungarian Count named Von Kazan orders a litter of wolfhounds from Russia. As the days go on he notices his dogs are being killed off by a creature. After a group of villagers, led by Jan Mazik, approach the Count about their concerns of their dogs and cats also being killed off the Count investigates the village. At the village Jan Mazik's own dog, Gromo, is killed. Returning to his castle Von Kazan after fearing for his own remaining three dog's safety he calls to them and only two come to him. Kazan tells his servant Rudolph that he believes the third dog is actually a vampire and coming to that realization the two view the beautiful nightmare visage of a red eyed dog with wings standing on a hill looking towards them.
Appearing in "The Big Kill!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Narrator
Other Characters:
- Tom
- Tom's Wife
- Tom's Son
Races and Species:
Locations:
Events:
Synopsis for "The Big Kill!"
This story's narrator claims that he's responsible for thousands of deaths every year, yet people love him and always want to make him a part of their lives. At the end, we learn that the narrator is a car.
Appearing in "Five Years Too Late!"
Featured Characters:
- Birdie Salvo (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Jake
- Louie
Other Characters:
- Two unnamed corrections officers
- Unnamed Warden (Mentioned)
- NYPD
- Unnamed Detective
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Front Street (First appearance)
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "Five Years Too Late!"
Released from prison after serving a five-year sentence, Birdie Salvo prepares to pick up his hidden loot. However, he gets picked up by some members of his former gang, who force him to tell them where the money is hidden. He says that it's buried in a vacant lot, but when they go there the thugs become very angry and shoot Birdie to death. It turns out that a new police headquarters is being built over the lot!
Appearing in "Father-In-Law Trouble"
Featured Characters:
- Jeff Mitchell (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Supporting Characters:
- Helen Mitchell (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Goon
Other Characters:
- Mr. Hudson (Helen's Father) (Mentioned)
- Unnamed Inn Clerk (Logan Pass Inn)
- Unnamed Gardener
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Logan Pass Inn (First appearance)
- New York
- New York City
- Sing Sing (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Europe (Mentioned)
- North America
- Earth
Synopsis for "Father-In-Law Trouble"
Jeff Mitchell marries a woman for her money, but he soon finds out that her father, Mr. Hudson, has cut off her inheritance because he (correctly) considers Jeff to be a "cheap fortune-hunter." Angrily, Jeff pushes his wife off a cliff and pretends that she fell off by accident. The coroner's jury acquits him, but he is soon kidnapped by a man working for Hudson and held prisoner. Afraid of what Hudson will do to him when he gets there, Jeff escapes from the house and jumps over the garden wall, but he didn't realize that the "building" he was in was actually a penthouse apartment with a rooftop garden, dozens of floors from the ground!