—ScarecrowYou cheated them! You sold them worthless land and then drove them away so the government would have to buy that property from you! Now I've come for the profit you made... for the money that rightfully belongs to Albert and Martha Smith!
Appearing in "The Scarecrow Walks!"
Featured Characters:
- Scarecrow (First appearance) (Main story and flashforward)
Supporting Characters:
- Martha Smith (First appearance)
- Albert Smith (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Jarvis Cragstone (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Sue (First appearance) (Main story and flashforward)
- Johnny (First appearance) (Main story and flashforward)
- Unnamed Man
- United States Government
- United States Army
- Unnamed Official
- United States Army
- Bobby (First appearance)
- Ben's Wife (First appearance; voice only)
- Ben (First appearance; voice only)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashforward)
- Earthspace (Main story and flashforward)
- Earth (Main story and flashforward)
- United States of America (Main story and flashforward)
- New Mexico (Main story and flashforward)
- United States of America (Main story and flashforward)
- Earth (Main story and flashforward)
- Heaven (Mentioned)
- Earthspace (Main story and flashforward)
Synopsis for "The Scarecrow Walks!"
Jarvis Cragstone forecloses on an elderly couple in order to sell their worthless farmland to the United States Government for atomic tests. The farmer, Albert Smith, and his wife, Martha Smith, leave behind their Scarecrow because they know that they'll never have enough money to buy another farm. An atomic weapon is detonated and its aftereffects cause the scarecrow to grow and gain awareness. It heads for town where it menaces the Cragstone until he coughs up the money he cheated the couple out of, and then it heads off looking for them. It finds them sleeping in the fields as the radioactivity is wearing off and leaves the money nearby. The old man and his wife find the money and the inert scarecrow and notice that it now has a smile on its face.
Appearing in "Mystery Trip"
Featured Characters:
- Tommy Pidgeon (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Goober Jones (First appearance)
- Rosie (First appearance)
- Pete (Tommy's Uncle) (First appearance)
- Mr. Pidgeon (Tommy's Father) (First appearance)
- Mrs. Pidgeon (Tommy's Mother) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- United States Armed Forces
- Unnamed General
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Mystery Trip"
Appearing in "A Giant There Was!"
Featured Characters:
- Joe Farrow (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Giant
Other Characters:
- Jack (Mentioned)
- Three unnamed criminals
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Magic Beans
Synopsis for "A Giant There Was!"
A criminal cases a curio shop until the owner leaves for the night. He sneaks his way into the left open door and steals from the shop. While going through the loot he finds some beans. He throws them out his window and awakens to a giant beanstalk that had grown. Knowing the story of Jack and the Beanstalk he started climbing to try and get some treasure. Making it to the clouds he was accosted by the giant who chases the criminal into nearly falling off the clouds. The giant helps the criminal up and places him in his dungeon. There Joe Farrow, meets three other criminals who tell him the curio shop was a trap set by the giant in order to get criminals to work for him as servants.
Appearing in "I Went Too Far Back!"
Featured Characters:
- Simon Burr (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Three unnamed scientists
- Farrington (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed citizens of the future
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Farrington's Time Machine
Synopsis for "I Went Too Far Back!"
Simon Burr uses a time machine he helped build to travel back in time using modern weaponry to become a king, or at least he thought he was traveling back in time. Instead Simon Burr had traveled so far back in time he ended up going to the future where he was put on display for being a relic of a bygone age.
Appearing in "The Thing in the Cell!"
Featured Characters:
- Bork Police Department
- Police Chief Hans Vogez (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Unidentified Aliens
- Three unnamed aliens
Other Characters:
- Henry (First appearance)
- Henry's Wife (First appearance)
- Numerous denizens of Bork
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Thing in the Cell!"
The police chief of a small town imposes silly fines on people for the sole purpose of acquiring enough money to construct a modern prison. He gets his first inmate when he stops a man on the street for a fine that he cannot pay. The man pleads to be let go, but to no avail. It turns out the man is the leader of a group of aliens, and to spring him, they take the entire building off its foundation into outer space with them. The police chief is deposed from his position and ends up a janitor.
Notes
Publication Notes[]
- "The Thing in the Cell!" is reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales #5.