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Strange Tales Vol 1 49

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How odd I feel... as if I'd just sone something useful... and wonderful!

—Vickie Lund

Appearing in "Inside the Black Bag"

Featured Characters:

  • Dennis Craig (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Igharo (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Nepur (First appearance)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "Inside the Black Bag"

Dennis Craig while on an expedition in India stumbles upon a hidden city paradise where it's leader Igharo offers him to stay. Igharo showcases that what ever they need they can supply and shows Craig by turning stones into gems. Craig a selfish man grabs the gems and orders Igharo to let him go. Igharo simply allows him to leave stating that no one is forced to stay in the city.

Craig is found later delirious and sick where he explains to the one who found him of the city and the gems he had taken. The man checks the bag only to find colored rocks. Craig lashes out at him screaming like a madman that that Igharo must have turned them back. Soon after Craig is taken to a colonial hospital where he is silent and stares off blankly into the distance.

Appearing in "The Girl Who Saved the World!"

Featured Characters:

  • Vickie Lund (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Miss Robinson

Antagonists:

  • Unidentified Aliens
    • Captain Gorr
    • Numerous unnamed aliens

Other Characters:

Races and Species:

Locations:

Events:

Synopsis for "The Girl Who Saved the World!"

Vickie Lund dreams of being useful to society like her hero Florence Nightingale. As she daydreams about working along side Florence during the Crimean War an alien race lands on Earth with the intention of conquering it. The Captain threatens the Earth woman but the girl seems unimpressed. After shrugging off their numerous technological advancements they come to the conclusion that the Earth must be so advanced that they come off like children to them. The aliens quickly flee the scene not realizing that they had landed near the Hartley School for the Blind and that Vickie was blind and assumed she was speaking to other children playing games with her. Somehow however she felt like she did something useful with her life after that moment.

Appearing in "Not Quite Human!"

Featured Characters:

  • Benton (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

  • Unnamed Man

Antagonists:

  • Benton's Robot (First appearance; destruction) (Main story and flashback)
  • Benton's Robot's Robot (First appearance; destruction) (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

  • Unidentified Police Department
    • Unnamed Police Officer

Races and Species:

  • Humans (Main story and flashback)
  • Robots (Main story and flashback)

Locations:

Synopsis for "Not Quite Human!"

A commotion is heard at Old Benton's House, a man and a police officer rush to the scene where they find Benton and a mechanical man lying on the floor dead and destroyed. The man reads through Benton's diary and learns that Benton who hated the companionship of humans created a robot to be his companion. He soon learned that the robot began to learn more than him and one day found the robot making a robot of his own in the cellar. Knowing what he had unleashed on the world Benton sought to destroy it and searched for his revolver. With the diary ended there the man determined that Benton had destroyed his creation with a fire poker while his robot shot and killed Benton.

The officer realizing what the man said about another robot rushed to the cellar to find it empty. A scene soon takes place where the remaining robot is rushing through the rain but mother nature takes effect causing the robot to rust, halting it's mobility.

Appearing in "What Happened to Mr. Smith?"

Featured Characters:

  • Mr. S.S. Smith

Supporting Characters:

  • Unnamed Boy

Other Characters:

  • Mr. Smith's Secretary
  • Mr. Lake (Mentioned)
  • Mrs. Lake (Mentioned)
  • Mr. Smith's Chauffeur
  • Mr. Smith's Butler
  • NYPD
    • Four unnamed police officers

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Locations:

Synopsis for "What Happened to Mr. Smith?"

Mr. S.S. Smith a millionaire who cares more for money than he does people returns to his island home after leaving his building to read a book that's devoted to him. Upon picking up the book he notices most of it is blank. Upon leaving his home he realizes it is no longer there. Leaving the island that too disappears. Visiting the police offers little help as well as they have no record of his identity. He has the officers drop him off where his building should be on 49th Street but that too is an empty lot. Next he tried the bank where they too have no accounts in his name.

Dejected he runs into a boy who's crying due to his plane being broken. Smith identifies that it's a counter weight issue and uses his last half dollar to fix the boy's plane instead of using it selfishly on himself. The boy throws the plane and it works, even naming the plane after Smith in his honor. Focused on the boy's happiness he hears the voice of his chauffer who tells him his car is waiting. Looking back he sees his car and his building have returned. In this moment he realizes that kindness not money can give him his identity.

Appearing in "The Weatherman"

Featured Characters:

  • Hugh Wimms (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Rainmaker (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Willie Wimms (First appearance)
  • Mrs. Wimms (First appearance)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Items:

  • Rainmaker's Stick

Synopsis for "The Weatherman"

In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.

Appearing in "The Animal!"

Featured Characters:

  • Fred Hobson (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Duke (Dog) (First appearance)
  • Unidentified Aliens
    • Urd (First appearance)
    • Lith (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Mrs. Hobson (First appearance)
  • Joey Hobson (First appearance)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Animal!"

Fred Hobson takes his stepson's dog away from him but is accidently transported to another planet. The dog ever faithful by his side bring him food. When the two aliens that accidently brought them there offer to help them, they realize they can only return one creature. Seeing the dog as being more sympathetic and compassionate they choose to take the dog back to Earth leaving Fred only to hope they will return and bring him back as well... someday.

Appearing in "The Man Who Cried"

Featured Characters:

  • Unnamed Captain

Supporting Characters:

  • Unnamed First Mate

Other Characters:

  • Numerous unnamed crewmembers

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Man Who Cried"

An aged rocket Captain struggles to land a rocket on the surface and realizes he is too old to be in command. Shifting command to his first mate the captain leaves the rocket and stays on Earth. After all he's an old man at sixteen years old.

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