—EddieOne chance in a million... but it hadda happen to them! They hadda be walking right behind a mobster who'd been fingered by the Syndicate for a rub-out!
Appearing in "The Last Stop"
Featured Characters:
- Eddie
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Bum
- Syndicate
- Eddie's Boss
- Mamie (Eddie's Wife) (First appearance; dies)
- Eddie's two unnamed daughters (First appearance; dies)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "The Last Stop"
When a gangster carries out a mob hit, he unintentionally catches his wife and children in the crossfire.
Appearing in "Guinea Pig"
Featured Characters:
- Dr. Henkel (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Milo (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Zxh (First appearance)
- Hyzx (First appearance)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Guinea Pigs
- Rats (Mentioned)
- Xyxians (First appearance)
Locations:
Items:
- Fluid of Xyx (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Guinea Pig"
When a scientist rockets his assistant into space, aliens capture the craft and inject the man with a serum that increases his strength and drives him mad. They send the rocket back the way it came and the assistant kills the scientist.
Appearing in "The Busybody"
Featured Characters:
- Mrs. Miller (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Jean Matsen (First appearance)
- Fred Johnson (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Harold Trimble (First appearance)
- Carolyn Harris (First appearance)
- Devil (Mentioned)
- USPS
- Unnamed Mailman
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Busybody"
A cruel and greedy boarding house keeper steals and destroys mail that doesn't belong to her in order to keep a tenant under her thumb. This is her undoing when she swipes and eats a chocolate that was poisoned.
Appearing in "A Grave Mistake"
Featured Characters:
- Blackie Barnes (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Numerous unnamed gravediggers
- Unnamed Cemetery Administrator
Antagonists:
- Two unnamed corpses
Other Characters:
- Homer
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "A Grave Mistake"
A gangster makes a union out of gravediggers and when he calls a strike to force the relatives to bury their own dead, the corpses bury him.
Appearing in "To the Stars!"
Featured Characters:
- Ron Landon (First appearance)
- Arthur Landon (First appearance) (Ron's Son)
Supporting Characters:
- Flo Landon (First appearance) (Ron's Wife)
- Millie Landon (First appearance) (Arthur's Wife)
- Lon Landon (First appearance) (Arthur's Son)
Other Characters:
- Van (Astronaut)
- Nine unnamed astronauts
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "To the Stars!"
In 1980 men build a colony on the moon.
Appearing in "It Could Be You"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Tortured Man (Apparent death)
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Hypnotized Man
Antagonists:
- Aliens
- Two unnamed aliens
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- New York
- East River
- Washington, D.C. (Mentioned)
- Pentagon (Mentioned)
- White House (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Earth
Items:
- Z-Bomb
Synopsis for "It Could Be You"
This story postulates that the reader has been equipped with a bomb and a posthypnotic suggestion by aliens to blow up the president.