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Appearing in "The Strange Machine"

Reprint of the 6th story from
Mystic #26

Featured Characters:

  • Alfonso (First appearance) (Apparent death)

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • Don Ferrer (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Satan (Mentioned)
  • Unnamed Farmer (First appearance; dies)

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Locations:

Items:

  • Don Ferrer's Torture Machine (First appearance)

Synopsis for "The Strange Machine"

Reprint of the 6th story from
Mystic #26

The leader of the Spanish Inquisition (whom no one ever expects) intends to do away with a rival by presenting a strange machine that will prove he is in league with the Devil. He climbs inside to investigate how the machine works, but fails to anticipate that his rival was building a device that would automatically implement every torture yet devised.

Appearing in "The Charm That Failed!"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Marvel Tales #117

Synopsis for "The Charm That Failed!"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Marvel Tales #117
  • Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "The Man in Black"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Menace #2

Featured Characters:

  • Ivan Muloff (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

  • Soviet Armed Forces (Only in flashback)
    • Unnamed Section Leader (Only in flashback)
    • Unnamed Instructor (Only in flashback)
    • Boris (Only in flashback)
    • Agent X (Professor Otto Ochnig) (First appearance; dies)
    • Numerous unnamed members (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

  • Mr. Muloff (Ivan's Father) (Only in flashback) (First appearance; dies)
  • Joseph Stalin (Mentioned in narration)
  • NYPD
    • Officer Brown
    • Pat
    • Unnamed Police Officer

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Locations:

Synopsis for "The Man in Black"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Menace #2

A communist agent mistakes his contact for the man he is supposed to kill.

Appearing in "The Little Pests"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Adventures into Terror #12

Featured Characters:

  • George Harper (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Helen Harper (First appearance; dies)
  • Stella (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Health Authority Agent

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Locations:

Synopsis for "The Little Pests"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Adventures into Terror #12

After a husband disposes of his murdered wife's body in the pond, his new girlfriend complains so much to the county about the mosquitoes around the house that they drain it.

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