Appearing in "I Was a Prisoner of the Martians!"
Featured Characters:
- Darius Wolfe
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Ms. Smyth (Darius' Secretary)
- Board of Directors (Mentioned)
- Mr. Farnsworth (Mentioned)
- Malcolm Avery
- "The Day the Martians Struck" Cast & Crew
- Joe
- "Cynthia"
- Numerous unnamed employees
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Martian Spaceship
Synopsis for "I Was a Prisoner of the Martians!"
A cruel movie director shooting a Martian invasion movie on the desert is kidnapped by the real Martians, when their ship needs repairs the aliens return to earth saying they will free him if someone comes to his rescue, the director can only hope some of the people he miserably treated will save him.
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 "My Forbidden Paintings!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Paint Brush Merchant
Antagonists:
- Mythavia Revolutionaries
- Numerous unnamed members
Other Characters:
- Ashley Crane's Landlady
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Ashley Crane's Apartment
- New York City
- New York
- Mythavia (First appearance)
- United States of America
Items:
- Magic Paint Brushes
Synopsis for "My Forbidden Paintings!"
A struggling painter receives a magical paint brush with the power to make three of his paintings come true. The merchant who sold the paint brushes warns the man that will come to regret them.
Ignoring the prediction the artist uses the paint to craft his first work of art, that of a self portrait making him appear more handsome and attractive. This painting comes true as he runs to the mirror and witnesses that he's already transformed. His follow up painting was created to gain much fame and renown and so he painted himself receiving the International Art Award. This painting took some time but eventually Ashley Crane was recognized for his talent and received the reward for his painting "Freedom". Finally for Crane's last painting he craved power and so he painted himself as a dictator. When he awoke some men knocked on his door and declared the last ruler of Mythavia declared Ashley Crane the new ruler before his death.
After that last painting however, the curse caught up with Ashley Crane. As it would turn out his previous painting entitled "Freedom" did just that and inspired a revolution within his country. This new revolution within Mythavia resulted in Ashley's dictatorship to be overthrown putting Ashley Crane in a Mythavian prison for next 5 years.
Appearing in "I Made Time Stand Still"
Featured Characters:
- Sydney Burr (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Police Officer
Other Characters:
- Tabby (Sydney's Cat)
- Unnamed Jewelry Store Owner
- Numerous unnamed robbery victims
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- Unnamed City
Items:
- Sydney's "Time Machine"
Synopsis for "I Made Time Stand Still"
A man invents a machine that stops time and goes around robbing people. When he starts time back up again he is surprised when he's arrested. It turns out the entire time he was robbing people everyone could see saw what he was doing while frozen.
Appearing in "I Love a Mermaid!"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Man
Supporting Characters:
- Alethea
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Heaven (Invoked)
Synopsis for "I Love a Mermaid!"
A seaman finds and instantly falls in love with a mermaid, they are separated when she returns to the ocean. The man goes looking for her obsessively until they meet again. This time the man chooses to follow her and much to his surprise he doesn't drown and in fact he breathes better under the waves than above them. It is at this point he discovered he was a merman.
Appearing in "The Man Who Floats in Space!"
Featured Characters:
- Space Patrol
- Captain Racer
- Numerous unnamed patrollers
Antagonists:
- Space Pirates
- Bogane
- Numerous unnamed pirates
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Decoy Space Suit
Vehicles:
- Freighter ZR-7
Synopsis for "The Man Who Floats in Space!"
Space pirates get the idea of using an empty space suit floating in space as a decoy to lure in unsuspecting freighters. Just as the pirated thought to have sprung their ambushed it turns out an intelligence operative hid in the space suit and signaled the space patrol as soon as they got close, together the operative and the patrol apprehended the leader of the space pirates.
Notes
- "I Was A Prisoner of the Martians!" is reprinted in Creatures on the Loose #21.
- "I Made Time Stand Still!" is reprinted in Monsters on the Prowl #20.
- "I Love a Mermaid!" is reprinted in Giant-Size Chillers #2.