—Dick SinclairJust a scratch... Thanks to this cigarette cage, Carlotta... Thank you again for that birthday present!
Appearing in "Afraid To Open the Door!"
Featured Characters:
- Morse (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- John Hayes (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Unidentified Aliens (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed Alien (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Realities:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Unidentified Dimension
Synopsis for "Afraid To Open the Door!"
A criminal attempting to avoid jail enters a room with two doors containing a hermit. The man tells him if he leaves through the wrong door he will be trapped in a shadow world of strange creatures so the criminal decides to wait until someone else enters by one of the doors so that he knows which one leads back to the ordinary world.
Appearing in "The House That Cried!"
Featured Characters:
- Smitty (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Elvira Lanson (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) (Ghost, soul or spirit)
Other Characters:
- Luke Lanson (First appearance) (Only in flashback) (Ghost, soul or spirit)
- Fred (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Helen (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed Man (Only in flashback)
- Two unnamed workmen (Only in flashback)
- Tony Fargo (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Realities:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "The House That Cried!"
A bum tries to rob an old woman in a dilapidated house who turns out to be a ghost.
Appearing in "The Ragged Man"
Featured Characters:
- Otis Larr (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Hubert Larr (First appearance)
- Unnamed Man (First appearance)
- Annie (Man's Daughter) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Captain (Otis Larr's Yacht)
- John Norwood (Mentioned)
- Mrs. Norwood (Mentioned)
- Otis Larr's Agents
- Two unnamed agents
- Two unnamed engineers
- United States Navy (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Realities:
Locations:
- Earth
- Unidentified Ocean
- New York, United States of America, North America (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
- USS Nautilus (First appearance; behind the scenes)
Synopsis for "The Ragged Man"
A heartless businessman gets what's coming to him when the Geiger counter he keeps on his yacht goes off and he spends all his money buying worthless land because he thinks that there is a fortune in uranium underwater. It turns out that there was a nuclear sub under his yacht at the time.
Appearing in "The Terrible Tree!"
Featured Characters:
- Ross Evans (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Goliath (Redwood Tree) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Insurance Agent
- Mrs. Draper (First appearance)
- Unnamed Bellhop
- Unidentified Fire Department
- Four unnamed firefighters
Races and Species:
Realities:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- California
- Humboldt County (First appearance)
- Redwood National Forest (First appearance)
- Humboldt County (First appearance)
- California
- United States of America
Synopsis for "The Terrible Tree!"
A man weakens a large redwood tree so that it will fall on his farm and he can collect on the insurance policy. Objects made from the tree pursue vengeance upon him.
Appearing in "The Perfectly Frightened Man"
Featured Characters:
- Bob Franklin (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Helen Franklin (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Joe (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Three unnamed employees (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Realities:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- England, United Kingdom, Europe (Mentioned)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "The Perfectly Frightened Man"
A man is convinced by his wife that he is the victim of a hoax designed to make him think he has inherited sorcerous powers, but when he says "I'll be a monkey's uncle", he turns into one.
Appearing in "The Missing Film"
Featured Characters:
- Dr. Title (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Unidentified European Agency
- Several unnamed agents
Antagonists:
- Douglas Jenks (First appearance)
- Unidentified Asian Agency
- Several unnamed agents
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Film Processing Company (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed Executive (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed Assistant (Douglas Jenks) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
Realities:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Missing Film"
Appearing in "When the Curtain Falls!"
Featured Characters:
- Otto Groat (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Supporting Characters:
- Carlotta Delys (First appearance)
- Richard "Dick" Sinclair (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Stagehand
- Four unnamed actors
Races and Species:
Realities:
Locations:
Synopsis for "When the Curtain Falls!"
A jealous stagehand swaps a real dagger for a rubber prop hoping that his actor rival will stab himself and he will be free to pursue his love interest without competition. The actor only scratches himself, however, and when the stagehand becomes trapped he fails to free himself in time armed with merely a rubber dagger.