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They must be stopped... They must! Before it's too late!

—Adam Tyler

Appearing in "The Man Who Cried Vampire!"

Featured Characters:

  • Ricky Stone (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

  • Lucy Stone (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Lucy's Heard of Vampire Cows
    • Numerous unnamed cows

Other Characters:

  • Dr. Carter
  • Unnamed Man (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • Unnamed Preacher (Only in flashback)

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Synopsis for "The Man Who Cried Vampire!"

A rancher tries to get rid of his wife by telling stories of vampires out amongst the cattle in order to shock her, but what he doesn't know is that she herds vampire cows so that she can make money by preying off the neighbor's cattle.

Appearing in "Sorcerer's Justice"

Reprint of the 3rd story from
Venus #18
(originally printed as Beware... the Cat-Woman's Revenge)

Featured Characters:

  • Ebenezer Gresham (First appearance; dies) (Transformed into a mouse)

Supporting Characters:

  • Steve (Janitor)

Antagonists:

  • Lilith (Cat)
  • Mrs. Rullamon (Witch)

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Synopsis for "Sorcerer's Justice"

Reprint of the 3rd story from
Venus #18
(originally printed as Beware... the Cat-Woman's Revenge)
Ebenezer Gresham a landlord for a Mrs. Rullamon trys to pester he so much that she leaves his building. The janitor, Steve, informs Gresham to leave her be because Mrs. Rullamon is a real witch and that she'll use any part of something he touched or of a personal nature to cast a spell on him. Gresham initially was skeptical but ended up moving his trash to a different waste bin in order to hide it from the witch. Upon returning to his apartment he saw Mrs. Rullamon's cat, one he liked to torture by kicking whenever he saw it and attempted to take his frustrations out on the cat again. This time however Lilith, the cat, got the best of him an clawed at him causing him to bleed before fleeing to Mrs. Rullamon's apartment. Realizing she could use his blood in a spell after hearing chanting come from her apartment he rushed to her door and began pounding on it and apologizing, but it was too late. Gresham began to shrink and turned into a mouse which Lilith was all to happy to attack and torture for a long, long time before killing it.

Appearing in "Ball of Fire!"

Featured Characters:

  • Dr. Muntz
  • Dr. Hadley

Antagonists:

  • Nason (Apparent death)

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Items:

  • Unidentified Meteorite

Synopsis for "Ball of Fire!"

A meteorite fuses itself to missing fragments.

Appearing in "The Last Flying Saucer!"

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Antagonists:

  • Unnamed Alien (First appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

  • Several unnamed onlookers

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Vehicles:

  • Alien Spacecraft

Synopsis for "The Last Flying Saucer!"

An alien brings the secret of eternal life, but fearful humans blow up his flying saucer.

Appearing in "The Man From Tomorrow"

Featured Characters:

  • Adam Tyler

Supporting Characters:

  • Blind Jonathan (First appearance)
  • Martha

Antagonists:

  • Mutated Humans
    • Numerous unnamed mutated humans

Other Characters:

  • Adam (Mentioned in narration or thoughts)
  • Three unnamed scientists
  • Soviet Army
    • Numerous unnamed soldiers

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Items:

  • Adam Tyler's Time Machine

Synopsis for "The Man From Tomorrow"

In the year 2053 mutants from the atomic war attempt to prevent a time traveler from returning to 1953.

Appearing in "The Monkey Glands"

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Synopsis for "The Monkey Glands"

A man takes a serum of monkey glands in order to be sure that he will outlive his brother and inherit the estate but it turns him into an ape-like creature.

Notes

  • The story "The Man From Tomorrow" is continuation from Strange Tales #20 "The World I Lost".

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