—LokIt is the law in my galaxy that all outlaw planets whose dominant race has not yet reached space must be destroyed! If Earthlings ever build space-craft, how terrible it will be for alien life-forms on other planets!
Appearing in "This Dark Cave"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Man (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Bank Customer (Only in flashback)
- Newton News (Named only)
- Five unnamed construction workers (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed Grocer (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Unidentified Town (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Hiroshima, Japan (Mentioned in narration)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "This Dark Cave"
A man returns to his shelter after he mistakes a small town that has been evacuated in service of atomic bomb tests for the worldwide war that he has feared would come.
Appearing in "The Search"
Featured Characters:
- Uwaga (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Butembi (First appearance)
- Chief Babu (First appearance) (Uwaga's Father)
- Narodu (First appearance) (Uwaga's Brother)
Other Characters:
- Obo (Elephant)
- Obo's Mate (Elephant)
- Obo's two cubs (Elephants)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Lions (Mentioned in narration)
- Antelope
- Cows
- Birds
- Snakes
- Elephants (Mentioned)
- Gods of Earth (Mentioned)
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Search"
Uwaga, the son of an African chief is ordered to use his gifted nose to track a friendly elephant who has runaway. Uwaga relunctantly does so as his father will sell the elephant upon capture and the young hunter considers him a friend. Uwaga solves the problem by staying outside when it's raining and so catches a cold to prevent catching his elephant friend.
Appearing in "A Stranger On Earth"
Featured Characters:
- Lok (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Dog
Antagonists:
- Two unnamed hunters
Other Characters:
- Mary
- Unnamed Man (Mary's Husband)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Lok's Spacecraft
Synopsis for "A Stranger On Earth"
When an alien crash lands on Earth, he is met with violence by men, but is befriended and helped to return to his ship by a dog. From orbit he thinks about destroying the planet but realizes that would kill the dogs too and refrains from his plan.
Appearing in "The Man Who Caught a Mermaid!"
Featured Characters:
- Joe Blair (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Numerous unnamed mermaids (Main story and flashback)
- Jeremy Torgan (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Fisherman (Only in flashback)
- Silas (Only in flashback)
- Jeremy Torgan's Crew
- Numerous unnamed crewmembers
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Mermaids (Main story and flashback)
- Fish (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Jeremy Torgan's Yacht
Synopsis for "The Man Who Caught a Mermaid!"
A man attempts to play a joke on a skeptical friend by hiring a girl with a mermaid costume to be dropped into the sea by a helicopter and then brought out of ocean with a net. The trick works on his friend and he tells his men to throw the girl back but the friend thinks he is mad to release such an amazing discovery. He lets the man know that he set the stunt up to fool him when one of his men tells him that the girl he had hired had become ill that day and never showed up for the prank.
Appearing in "The End of Time!"
Featured Characters:
- Unidentified Government
- Five unnamed leaders
Supporting Characters:
- God
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed Earthlings
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-Unknown
- Sol
- Earth
- Earth Orbit
- Moon (Cameo)
- Earth Orbit
- Earth
- Sol
Synopsis for "The End of Time!"
God intervenes directly to stop militarists from rushing towards war.
Appearing in "No Place To Hide!"
Featured Characters:
- Judge David Reynolds (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Joshua Swift (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Puritans
- Two unnamed guards
- Unnamed Judge
- Five unnamed jurors
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Two unnamed police officers
- Mrs. Reynolds (Photo)
- David Reynolds's two daughters (Photo)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "No Place To Hide!"
A judge sentences a man to ninety days in the workhouse for vagrancy and finds himself back in time 300 years. He is pulled off the street because of his strange clothes and the judge thinks his family photograph and cigar lighter are examples of black magic. He escapes and finds himself back in the present. He has second thoughts about the sentence he has passed and releases the man he had charged the previous day.