I... I'm not a failure! That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me! 
- —Herman Pringle
Appearing in "The Man Who Played With Blocks!"
Featured Characters:
- Herman Pringle (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Mary
Antagonists:
- Happy Hours Toys (First appearance)
- Mr. Browder
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Happy Hours Toy Factory (First appearance; destruction)
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Man Who Played With Blocks!"
A toy maker gets ahold of wood leftovers from coffin construction and builds toy blocks from them. Like a voodoo figurine, whatever is built from the blocks is destroyed when the blocks are scattered.
Appearing in "The Living Legend"
Featured Characters:
- Robert Weirton (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Vance Thane (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Unidentified Mythical Creature (Behind the scenes)
Other Characters:
- Jacob Grimm (Mentioned)
- Wilhelm Grimm (Mentioned)
- Hans Christian Andersen (Mentioned)
- NYPD
- Unnamed Sergeant
- God (Invoked)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Land of Oz (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The Living Legend"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Bum!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Bum (Impersonates Charles Mason)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Bum (Impersonates Charles Mason) (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- JPD (First appearance)
- Harry (Detective)
- Unnamed Detective
- Two unnamed police officers
- Charles Mason (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Jasonville (First appearance)
- Chicago, Illinois (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Bum!"
A bum involved in a train wreck regrets when he takes the clothes off a prosperous man and leaves him to die, only to be arrested by the police and learns that they have mistaken him for a different bum that committed murder earlier and stole the victim's clothes.
Appearing in "The Money Tree!"
Featured Characters:
- Professor Wilson (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Compton University
- President Filmore
- Five unnamed faculty members
Antagonists:
- Ace Horton (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Daily Herald (Named only)
- Morning News (Named only)
- Daily Talker (Named only)
- Horton's Henchmen
- Three unnamed henchmen
- Unidentified Police Department
- Two unnamed detectives
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Compton University (First appearance)
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Money Tree!"
A professor is killed by a gangster who funded his money tree project when the tree only produces three dollar bills.
Appearing in "The First Man"
Featured Characters:
- Jackson Cole (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Supporting Characters:
- Eastern Explorers Club (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed members
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Werewolf
Other Characters:
- Narim (First appearance; dies)
- Abena (First appearance; dies)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- North America
- Asia
- Kashmir (First appearance)
- Mount Ka (First appearance)
- Mount Everest (Mentioned)
- Kashmir (First appearance)
- Earth
Synopsis for "The First Man"
A mountain climber wants to be the first man atop mount ka, and he succeeds, but he finds that still he has been preceded to the summit by a...werewolf.
Appearing in "The Strange Ones!"
Featured Characters:
- Mutants
- Unnamed Boy
- Unnamed Middle-Age Man (First appearance; dies)
- Unnamed Kentuckian (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Numerous unnamed scientists
Other Characters:
- McClay (Mentioned)
- United States Government
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- New Mexico
- Atomic Station
- Kentucky
- New Mexico
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Strange Ones!"
Scientists search for a mutant to tame their atomic pile but he has undergone a procedure that makes him normal.