Appearing in "I Was Trapped by Titano, the Monster That Time Forgot!"
Featured Characters:
- Commander Hartnell (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- US Navy
- Bob
- Dirk
- Johnson
Antagonists:
- Titano (First appearance)
Other Characters:
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- United States of America
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Mentioned)
- Alaska (Mentioned)
- Japan
- Arctic Ocean
Vehicles:
- U.S. Navy battleship
- Bathysphere
Synopsis for "I Was Trapped by Titano, the Monster That Time Forgot!"
A gigantic, mutant crab is sighted terrorizing various islands in the South Pacific. When the American military learn of this, they assign Commander Hartnell to put a stop to the crustacean threat that has become known as Titano. Hartnell's crew has several encounters with Titano and they eventually lure him to the Arctic. Hartnell maneuvers his ship so deftly that he manages to trap Titano between two giant glaciers.
Appearing in "The Flying Saucer That Was"
Mystery Tales #12.
Featured Characters:
Other Characters:
- Monroe Marks
- Dr. Willard Seldin
- Harry Landau
- Frank Ridley (Mentioned)
- Tommy Ridley (Mentioned)
- Helen Landau (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "The Flying Saucer That Was"
Mystery Tales #12.
A teacher frantically tries to convince people that he saw aliens, but it turns out that they are friendly and make him their ambassador.
Appearing in "Only I Know When the World Will End!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Doctors
- Scientists
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Telepathic Matter Transmitter
Synopsis for "Only I Know When the World Will End!"
The entire world is on a man hunt for a man named Kartu who has gone into hiding in a remote cave in Virginia. He explains he thought he was an alien who arrivd here by a Thought transmitter and that another planet is ging to crash into the earth and he goes to warn the authorities. They assume him crazy but before he can be properly confined he escapes, however a planet does crash into a different planet and they believe his story about being an alien. However by this time Kartu is beginning to believe them that he's not and has gone into deep hiding never to be found.
Appearing in "Something Lurks Inside!"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Alien Spider Creatures
Other Characters:
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- Planet X
Synopsis for "Something Lurks Inside!"
A space explorer lands on a planet he designates Planet X but finds it infested with vicious spider-creatures. He hurries back to his ship, but even sealed inside the smaller creatures have managed to use radio waves as a means of travel to make their way inside. The pilot flushes them to the surface of the craft, but not before one bites him, giving him an incurable fatal disease. He returns to Earth to warn them, but he cannot land because the creatures on the hull still live despite his efforts to kill them, and he cannot radio because the aliens could use the signal to arrive on Earth. He goes into orbit around Earth, refusing to respond to hailing frequencies, and this spooks the authorities so they launch a missile at him. Before the missile strikes, he jettisons his log in an escape pod. Once the people of Earth read his log, they realize he was a hero.
Appearing in "What Was the Strange Power of Simon Trudd?"
Featured Characters:
- Simon Drudd (Only appearance)[1]
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
- Police
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- De-Aging Serum
Synopsis for "What Was the Strange Power of Simon Trudd?"
Two scientists work on developing a youth serum, when they succeed, the older scientist forces the younger one into the freezer at gunpoint as he has no intention of sharing the boon with mankind. Instead, he wants to become immortal, accumulate more knowledge than anyone else and rule the world. Before the incarcerated scientist freezes to death, he manages to set off an alarm which brings the police. Since there is no sign of the old man, the police do not believe his story about a youth serum, but he knows that the formula must have worked too well taking the old man back to middle age, then young man, then child, then infant, then...?
Notes
- "I Was Trapped by Titano, the Monster That Time Forgot!" reprinted in Tower of Shadows #7
- "What Was the Strange Power of Simon Trudd?" reprinted in Fear #1
- "Only I Know When the World Will End" reprinted in Fear #1
- "Something Lurks Inside" reprinted in Fear #1
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks
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