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I'll be the biggest man on Earth!

—Howard

Appearing in "Man in the Rat Hole!"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Strange Tales #78
(originally printed as Worm Man)

Featured Characters:

  • Worm Man (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Unnamed Client (First appearance)
  • Prof. Serak (First appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Rat (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed General (First appearance)
  • Unnamed Major (First appearance)

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Items:

  • Shrink Pills
  • Growth Pills

Synopsis for "Man in the Rat Hole!"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Strange Tales #78
(originally printed as Worm Man)
A spy who uses shrink pills in order to eavesdrop on military personnel is chagrined to learn that a rat he has managed to topple into a box has latched onto his growth pills, and the only way he recover the pills is climb down into the box to face the angry rat.
Strange Tales Vol 1 78 019

Appearing in "The Ghost-Beast!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Beowulf's Vandals (Only appearance; all die)
    • Ulwin (Death)
    • Numerous unnamed others
  • Unnamed Maid

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Other Characters:

  • Numerous unnamed Vanarians
  • Unnamed King of Vanaria (First appearance; dies)

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Items:

  • King of Vanaria's Ring (First appearance)

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Synopsis for "The Ghost-Beast!"

Beowulf plans to invade the city of Vanaria with his band of Vandals when one of his men goes mad. Once he investigates the forest in which his man came from he spots a maiden tied to a tree. She explains that she's a sacrifice for a Beast-God whom's appearance causes madness. Beowulf frees the maiden and slays the creature. He returns to Vanaria and is heralded as a hero but Beowulf's greed has him overthrow the King of Vanaria. Once the King is dead he spots a glowing ring he wants but the Princee Ulana takes it and jumps from the castle walls into the moat. Some time later the ghost of the God-Beast returns and causes madness among Beowulf's men. His men betray him and tie Beowulf to a tree for sacrifice to appease the Beast-God. Ulana comes to him and gives Beowulf the ring to use to fight and slay the beast. Beowulf does just that but learns that Ulana betrayed him and that the reason he was able to kill the ghost was that he himself is now a ghost because the ring was coated in poison and killed him. Beowulf's ghost now haunts the ruins of Vanaria.

Appearing in "Contact!"

Featured Characters:

  • Howard (First appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

  • Fal Ton
  • Fan Ton

Other Characters:

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Vehicles:

  • Alien Spacecraft

Synopsis for "Contact!"

  • Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "The Scream from Beyond!"

Featured Characters:

  • Matthew Millaneous (First appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

  • Gene Colan (Host)
  • Recording Company
    • Numerous unnamed employees

Other Characters:

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Synopsis for "The Scream from Beyond!"

  • Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

Wally Wood returns—with a swashbuckling spooktacular to set you on your ear! Plus two more eleventh-hour epics!

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