Appearing in "The Poor Old Man"
Featured Characters:
- John (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Cynthia Harmon (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (Movie Star)
- Star Films (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Bruce Starr (First appearance) (Only in flashback) (Producer)
- Werner (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- Devil (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Bob (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (Director)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- California (Main story and flashback)
- Los Angeles (Main story and flashback)
- Hollywood (Only in flashback)
- Los Angeles (Main story and flashback)
- California (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "The Poor Old Man"
An old man unintentionally summons a demon and the demon grants the man a boon. At first, he doesn't want to wish for anything because he knows that the demon will ask for his life or soul, but the demon promises not to. The man wishes for the love of a beautiful woman. He becomes chums with a Hollywood director and makes movie improvement suggestions. He becomes well off and attracts the attention of a beautiful actress. Despite his advanced years, she falls in love with him and accepts his marriage proposal.
With the wedding impending, the demon appears once more before the man. The demon demands payment, but the man says that the demon agreed not to take his life or soul. The demon demands his wealth or the life of his fiancé, and if he sacrifices his wealth, no one will remember him and he will return to being an unimportant old man. The man chooses to spare his fiancé and he reverts back to the way he was before the demon first appeared.
Appearing in "The Cask in the Cave"
Featured Characters:
- Rodney (First appearance; dies)
- Jenkins (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Greta Teufel (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Baron Teufel (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (Greta's Father)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Vampire (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Vampires (Main story and flashback)
- Owls (Mentioned in narration)
- Horses (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Europe (Main story and flashback)
- Germany (Main story and flashback)
- Bavaria (Main story and flashback)
- Bavarian Alps
- Germany (Main story and flashback)
- Europe (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "The Cask in the Cave"
An old hermit kills people so he and his daughter can sell their blood on whine bottles to a clan of vampires.
Appearing in "The Clocks"
Featured Characters:
- Jack Arnold (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Jacob Arnold (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback) (Jack's Father)
Antagonists:
- Penrose Clock Manufacturing Company (First appearance)
- Randolph Penrose (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Randolph's Father (Mentioned in narration) (Deceased)
- Unidentified Police Department
- Unnamed Police Officer
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Penrose Clock Manufacturing Company Building (First appearance)
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Clocks"
Jack Arnold goes to work for the Penrose Clock Manufacturing Company where he is treated like a child by his boss, Randolph Penrose. Not able to take the stress and humiliation any longer Jack takes a clock from the wall and kills his boss. Jack then travels around the city being tormented by the sounds of clocks that remind him of when his father made him promise to work with clocks from the ground up. This only made Jack more angry as he went around the city destroying clocks.
Once he heard the ticking of a police officer pursuing him Jack ran into a clock tower and his jacked got snagged causing him to get hung by the clock for the whole city to see.
Appearing in "Progress!"
Featured Characters:
- Anthony Scudder (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- United States Government
- State Highway Commission
- Joe (First appearance)
- Nick (First appearance)
- Harry (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed employees
- State Highway Commission
Other Characters:
- Ezra Scudder (Portrait) (Deceased)
- Nicholas Scudder (Portrait) (Deceased)
- Brandon Scudder (Portrait) (Deceased)
- George (First appearance)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Scudder Tunnel (First appearance)
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "Progress!"
When a hermit refuses to vacate his property and plants mines to halt state bulldozers, they construct the highway with a tunnel going beneath his property. This causes his house to collapse and when he investigates, he's struck and killed by a car.
Appearing in "The Garden of Death!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Death's Helpers
- Three unnamed helpers
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed humans
Races and Species:
Locations:
Events:
Synopsis for "The Garden of Death!"
Death views the Earth as a garden and finds the mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb a beautiful addition to his garden.
Appearing in "Suffocation"
Featured Characters:
- Vivian Cramm (First appearance; dies)
- George Cramm (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Ella (Vivian's Aunt) (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Lawyer
- Unidentified Police Department
- Unnamed Police Officer
- Unnamed Maid
- Unnamed Butler
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Suffocation"
A woman develops claustrophobia after she and her husband smother her aunt in a closet for her money. Her husband disbelieves her until their room shrinks down until they both die by suffocation.