- —Goom
Appearing in "Goom! The Thing from Planet X! Part 1 / Goom Part 2"
Featured Characters:
- Mark Langley (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Helen Langley (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Goom (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed statesmen
- Numerous unnamed aliens from Planet X
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Goom's Neutron Ray Gun
- Goom's Time Machine
Vehicles:
- Goom's Spacecraft
Synopsis for "Goom! The Thing from Planet X! Part 1 / Goom Part 2"
The scientist hero of this story gives the same speech at the end as Reed Richards does in Fantastic Four #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:
Supporting Characters:
- Kitty Blake (First appearance)
- Old King Cole (O.K.C.) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Santa Claus (Referenced)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- Missouri (Mentioned)
- Hollywood, Los angeles, California (Mentioned)
Items:
- Alice in Wonderland (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Masquerade"
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #38
A too-serious boy named Tommy is taught that it's okay to have fun with make-belief by the girl of his dreams, Kitty Blake, who invites him to a costume party. He arrives at the wrong address without a costume and meets Old King Cole and other fairy tale characters who he thinks are just Kitty's friends acting the part. They call him a "Doubting Thomas" since he doesn't believe in fairy tales. When he leaves the party to phone Kitty to find out when she left (since he hadn't seen her yet), he found out he was at the wrong address. He arrives at the right address and everyone loves his "costume" which he notices is just his plain clothes but silver letters spelling "Doubting Thomas" had appeared.
Appearing in "I am the Living Ghost!"
Featured Characters:
- Numerous unnamed Animated Suits of Armor
- Numerous unnamed Gargoyles
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Intruder
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United Kingdom
- Blackhorn Castle (First appearance)
- United Kingdom
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:
- Moomboo
Other Characters:
- Unidentified African Tribe
- Numerous unnamed tribesmen
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Unidentified Dimension
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! Part 1 / Goom Part 2" is reprinted in Giant-Size Man-Thing #1.
- "I am the Living Ghost!" is reprinted in Giant-Size Dracula #4.