Appearing in "I Am the... Gorilla-Man"
Featured Characters:
- Franz Radzik (Gorilla-Man) (First appearance) (Possesses Gorilla's body in main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Gorilla (Possesses Frank Radzik's body in main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Romanian Gendarmerie (Main story and flashback)
- Numerous unnamed members (Main story and flashback)
- Unnamed Zoo Keeper (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Gorillas (Main story and flashback)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Cats (Only in flashback)
- Rhinoceroses (Only in flashback)
- Lions (Only in flashback)
- Elephants (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Europe (Main story and flashback)
- Transylvania (Main story and flashback)
- Franz Radzik's Castle (Main story and flashback)
- Transylvania (Main story and flashback)
- Europe (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Items:
- Personality Swap Device
Synopsis for "I Am the... Gorilla-Man"
An inventor develops a mind transference machine that will allow him to exchange places with a gorilla in order for him to use the great strength during burglaries. He thinks it is the perfect scheme as he would never be suspected while inhabiting his human body, but he doesn't count on the gorilla developing a human-like personality once its mind is transferred into the inventor's body. The ape in the man's body holds a gun on the gorilla while phoning the authorities to come pick him up while the inventor finds his mind slowly dissipating the longer he inhabits the ape's body and begins to concern himself only with animal desires for food and comfort.
Appearing in "The Green Hat"
Mystery Tales #32
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Axtel (First appearance)
- Axtel's Daughter
Other Characters:
- Chuck
- Pop
- Green Goddess / Goddess of the Green Light (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed boys
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Pop's Candy Store
- United States of America
- Mars (Mentioned in narration)
- Earth
Items:
- Axtel's Green Hat
- Axtel's Daughter's Green Bonnet
Synopsis for "The Green Hat"
Mystery Tales #32
A recent graduate meets a strange man and finds that they share a gift to commune with the Green Goddess. The man finds it odd that a human has the gift but shrugs it off and asks him to look for his glasses that only they can find due to the gift. George finds the man tiring and trying to ignore him but the man finds him. This leads to George thinking he could pass the man off on a friend but he decides against it when he meets the man's daughter and falls in love.
Appearing in "Midnight on Haunted Hill"
Featured Characters:
- Billy Jones (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Alien Plant
Other Characters:
- Sam Jones (Billy's Father) (First appearance)
- Rex (Billy's Dog) (First appearance)
- Mrs. Jones (Billy's Mother) (First appearance)
- Unnamed Sheriff
- Joe
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Haunted Hill
- United States of America
- Earth
Items:
Vehicles:
- Alien Spaceship
Synopsis for "Midnight on Haunted Hill"
A boy is the only witness to the exile of an alien criminal, ala "The Zanti Misfits", to serve a one year sentence on Earth. Since it is dark and raining, the boy cannot identify the creature as it leaves the large spaceship, but hears its occupants tell the prisoner they will return in one year. The boy informs the authorities, but is scoffed at. Since he is persistent, they follow him out to the hill, but there is nothing to be seen but a lone tree. The local paper talks up the story to generate tourist traffic and the boy is humiliated that no one will believe him. A year passes, and thanks to the paper reminding everyone, a bit of a crowd gathers on the hill to get a glimpse of the spaceship that no one really expects. They are startled when one actually descends and even more surprised when the tree uproots itself and ascends in the craft. The people express regret that they did not believe the boy as they could have learned so much from the exile.
Appearing in "The Scheme!"
Featured Characters:
- John Bentley (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Anne Wentworth (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Charles Wentworth (Mentioned)
- James (Wentworth Butler)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Wentworth Estate
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Scheme!"
John Bentley was a playboy who was looking for a rich woman to live comfortably. He found that woman in Anne Wentworth, a rich sick widow, so John thought that if he could marry her, the illness would soon kill Anne and he would become the sole heir of Wentworth's wealth. John succeeded in his scheme, courting Anne and succeeding in marrying her and in fact shortly after Anne died becoming in fact heir, but at the time of reading of the will John discovered that the disease for which Anne had died was contagious and from there little by little he too would have died so unable in his intent to enjoy the wealth inherited.
Appearing in "The Frightening Fog"
Featured Characters:
- Unidentified Aliens
- Two unnamed aliens
Antagonists:
- Mongoors (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed Mongoors
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Frightening Fog"
This story is interesting in that it is basically the same idea that the Watcher tries in Fantastic Four #48 to hide the Earth from the Silver Surfer's observation.
Notes
Publication Notes[]
- "I Am the Gorilla-Man" is reprinted in Fear #5.
- "Midnight on Haunted Hill" is reprinted in Creatures on the Loose #13.
- "The Frightening Fog" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #13.