- —Walter
Appearing in "Taboo! The Thing from the Murky Swamp!"
Featured Characters:
- Lewis Conrad
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Guide
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
Races and Species:
- Unidentified alien race
- Humans
- Demons (Mentioned)
- Alligators
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- Atlantic Ocean
- Caribbean Sea (Referenced)
- South America
- Brazil
- Amazon River (Referenced)
- Amazon Jungle
- Brazil
Items:
- H-Bomb
Synopsis for "Taboo! The Thing from the Murky Swamp!"
An explorer meets a mud creature in a swamp who claims that his spaceship was destroyed years ago and wishes that the man request from those in charge the sum total of human knowledge. When this is presented to Taboo, he reveals his hostile intention to take the knowledge back to his world and prepare an invasion of Earth as he can travel through space without requiring a spaceship. The explorer is remorseful in the role he has played as Taboo's dupe, but his comrades tell him to watch the atmosphere that Taboo has faded into. Suddenly there is a huge explosion, and they reveal to the explorer that they had secreted an H-bomb in the capsule, just in case.
Appearing in "The Return of the Totem!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Chief
Supporting Characters:
- Native Americans
- Numerous unnamed natives
Antagonists:
- Totem (Main story and recap)
Other Characters:
- Bull Drago (Only in recap)
- Hunk (Only in recap)
- Unnamed Sheriff
- Unnamed Mayor
- Harim (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed townspeople
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- Indian Reservation (Main story and recap)
- Unnamed Village (Main story and recap)
- Northwestern State Prison (Only in recap)
- Unnamed Town
- Indian Reservation (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
Items:
- Ancient Potion
Synopsis for "The Return of the Totem!"
Unexpectedly, the totem breaks off its attack on the two convicts and returns to menace the Indian village. The tribe hides in a cave while the chieftain concocts a potion to deanimate it. He catches up with it as the totem is herding a bunch of hikers to their doom over a cliff, and tosses the potion into one of its mouths, causing it to topple over into the river. Although the chieftain has suffered a mortal injury, he is satisfied he has removed the threat that he had created as the totem drifts out to sea.
Appearing in "The Strange Stone"
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #41
Featured Characters:
- Johnny (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Tagger (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Mr. Winkers (Mentioned)
- Pete (Mentioned)
- Butch (Mentioned)
- Joey (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "The Strange Stone"
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #41
Johnny finds a magic wishing stone, but wishes it away because magic would make life no fun.
Appearing in "Doomsday!"
Featured Characters:
- Lynn
Supporting Characters:
- Walter
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Captain
- Roman Empire (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Abstract Entities (Mentioned)
- Neanderthals (Only in flashback)
- Horses (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- South America (Referenced)
Items:
- X-39 Gas
Events:
- World War I (Only in flashback)
- World War II (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Doomsday!"
Two scientists accidentally release a gas that will kill all life on Earth. An unnatural wind disperses the gas, convincing one of the scientists of the other’s belief in a higher power.
Appearing in "I Made the Hulk Live"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
- Joe
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Mighty Hulk (First appearance)
Synopsis for "I Made the Hulk Live"
A short and bitter scientist is obsessed with building a powerful giant robot body. He traps himself inside without the means to activate the robot, living out his life on the food which he'd stored inside.
Notes
- "Taboo! The Thing from the Murky Swamp!" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #2 & Weird Wonder Tales #13.
- "The Return of the Totem!" is reprinted in Monster Menace #4 & Weird Wonder Tales #13.
- "I Made the Hulk Live!" is reprinted as "I Created Grutan!" in Tomb of Darkness #22
- In this reprint, Mighty Hulk was renamed Grutan, and Blake, the assistant, was renamed Pym. Presumably, editors did not want a minor monster character sharing the same name as the Hulk. Conversely, naming the assistant Pym had the effect of retroactively making this story the first appearance of Henry Pym.