—Edmund CarterWe've made it to Venus! By George, I thought this rocket ship would never work!
Appearing in "Karnoff's Plan!"
Featured Characters:
- Professor Karnoff (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Landlady
Other Characters:
- Four unnamed scientists (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Unidentified alien species (Vision or hallucination)
- Termites (Vision or hallucination)
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- First National Bank (Destroyed)
- New York City Hall (Destroyed)
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "Karnoff's Plan!"
A Puppet Master type story but his material works on buildings as well as people. He meets his doom when his landlady sells his statue of himself along with other personal items for nonpayment of rent and the buyer tosses it in the trash.
Appearing in "Music Master"
Featured Characters:
- Joe (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Rhythm Makers (First appearance)
- Gus (First appearance)
- Angelo (Angel) (First appearance)
- Several unnamed members
Other Characters:
- Angelo's Father (Angel)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- Earth
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Wall Street (Mentioned in narration)
- Carnegie Hall (Mentioned)
- New York City
- New York
- United States of America
- Earth
- Heaven
- Earthspace
Synopsis for "Music Master"
A floundering band takes on a odd looking man who plays the harp and become successful. The man who took a chance on him by inviting him into the band learns that he is an angel who's on a goodwill scholarship on Earth.
Appearing in "Blind Spot!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Alien (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Blind Woman (First appearance)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Sirian Spacecraft
Synopsis for "Blind Spot!"
This story is reminiscent of Alicia Master's first meeting with the Silver Surfer. A homely alien is going to recommend humans be destroyed to preserve the galactic peace when he saves a blind girl from being struck by a car. After she tells him she can sense his inner nobility he changes his recommendation to allow humans to develop their space-faring capability.
Appearing in "The Secret of the Ship"
Featured Characters:
- Peter Grant (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Mrs. Grant (First appearance)
- Mr. Grant (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Mr. Gregg (First appearance)
- Charlie (First appearance)
- Unidentified Police Department
- Unnamed Police Officer
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- North America
- Asia (Photo)
- South America (Mentioned in narration)
- Earth
Vehicles:
- Wanderer (First appearance)
Synopsis for "The Secret of the Ship"
A young boy who plays with toy ships loses his paper route job when he is late once too often. The family needs extra money because the father is home recovering from an illness. The boy thinks his ship has become lost, but after awhile it returns loaded with black pearls it has traded for at a distant port.
Appearing in "The Man Mountain!"
Featured Characters:
- Man Mountain (Mammoth) (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Old Woman (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed children
Other Characters:
- Giant (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Jack (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Goliath (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- David (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Man Mountain!"
A story that explains the circumstances of the old woman who had so many children she didn't know what to do came to live in a shoe.
Appearing in "Five Who Volunteered"
Featured Characters:
- Venusians
- Fred Burgess (First appearance)
- Laura Beatty (First appearance)
- George Reynolds (First appearance)
- Morton (First appearance)
- Edith Rogers (First appearance)
- Edmund Carter (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- "The Joke is on You" Television Crew
- Burt Lloyd (First appearance)
- Jerry
- Unnamed Member
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Edmund Carter's Rocketship
Synopsis for "Five Who Volunteered"
A tv producer of a candid-camera type show contacts an inventor who doesn't believe his rocket can fly to Venus. The producer says that's ok because he wants to advertise for five people who wish to leave Earth and film them being fooled by the fraud for the audience's amusement. The inventor agrees and is surprised when his rocket actually does succeed in reaching Venus, but not nearly as surprised as the producer and his film crew when the five recruits shape-shift into Venusians who are glad to be home.