Appearing in "Goom! The Thing from Planet X!"
Featured Characters:
- Mark Langley (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Helen Langley (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Goom (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Aliens from Planet X
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Planet X
- Earth
Synopsis for "Goom! The Thing from Planet X!"
The scientist hero of this story gives the same speech at the end as Reed Richards does in Fantastic Four Vol 1 24. After attracting the hostile attention of Goom of Planet X, he realizes that any civilization possessing such advanced technology must be benevolent and that his radar transmissions must have been intercepted by a criminal. He rebroadcasts to Planet X, and the Earth officials plan to execute him as a traitor for summoning a full invasion fleet from Planet X, when the representatives from Planet X arrive and stop the execution and take Goom into their custody and leave the planet.
Appearing in "Masquerade"
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #38.
Featured Characters:
- Tommy
Supporting Characters:
- Kitty Blake (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Old King Cole
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "Masquerade"
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #38.
A man with no imagination is invited to a costume party by his girlfriend, but stumbles across real fairy-tale folk instead.
Appearing in "I Am the Living Ghost!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed intruder
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Intruder
Other Characters:
- Animated suits of armor
- Living stone gargoyles
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Blackhorn Castle
Synopsis for "I Am the Living Ghost!"
A man enters a castle determined to prove that there are no ghosts, but the events he experiences convince him that the castle is haunted, and so he flees. It turns out that the castle does not contain any ghosts, but is possessed by animated suits of armor and living stone gargoyles.
Appearing in "Moomboo!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed witch doctor
Supporting Characters:
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Moomboo!"
A shaman cons his tribe, but when a seemingly magic idol appears he attacks it and it vanishes. It was an extra-dimensional scout, and its experience decides its people not to contact Earth.
Notes
- "Goom! The Thing from Planet X!" is reprinted in Giant-Size Man-Thing #1.
- "I Am the Living Ghost!" is reprinted in Giant-Size Dracula #4.
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