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Oh, no, love of my life, I wouldn't dream of leaving without giving you your kiss!

—Crawford Cobbs

Appearing in "The Heat's On"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Spellbound #14

Featured Characters:

  • Rock Zucco (First appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

  • Gertie Zucco (First appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Unnamed Succubus

Other Characters:

  • Coal Trimmers
    • Crawford (First appearance; dies)
    • Sam
    • Two unnamed coal trimmers
  • Unidentified Police Department
    • Unnamed Police Officer

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Heat's On"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Spellbound #14
A succubus uses a mirror to blind a sea captain on leave as he attempts to push his homely wife out of the top story window so that he tumbles out instead and winds up in Hell, stoking the flames in the same way that he used to torture his men.

Appearing in "The Telepathic Typewriter"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Uncanny Tales #42

Featured Characters:

  • Paul Lawson (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Pawnbroker
  • Mark Cotter (First appearance; vision or hallucination)
  • Captain Barston (Mentioned in narration or thoughts)
  • Unnamed Treasure Hunter (First appearance; vision or hallucination)
  • Captain Kidd (Mentioned in narration or thoughts)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Items:

  • Magic Typewriter (First appearance; destruction)

Vehicles:

  • Mary Ann (First appearance; vision or hallucination)

Synopsis for "The Telepathic Typewriter"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Uncanny Tales #42
A writer buys a magic typewriter that shows a mental vision of the truth of any newspaper story that is typed on it. It states a warning that the typewriter will be destroyed if it is attempted for greedy gain, but when the writer types in a story about an explorer looking for treasure, he gets a vision of the explorer overlooking the treasure and decides to take the typewriter with him to the cave so it won't be destroyed and pick up the chest. When he finds the treasure chest, the cave begins to close, so he wedges the typewriter into the opening. He escapes the cave, but without the treasure, and the typewriter is destroyed.

Appearing in "The Madman"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Menace #4

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Thorn (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

  • Dr. Brimm (First appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

  • Numerous unnamed Hagstone Sanitarium Patients
  • Numerous unnamed coal miners (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

Realities:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Madman"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Menace #4
Similar plot to The Four-Armed Men from Tales to Astonish #26.

Appearing in "Contents: One Human!"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Astonishing #46

Featured Characters:

  • Sam Shores (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • USPS
    • Unnamed Chief
  • Small Fares Inc. (First appearance)
    • Unnamed Employee (Martian)

Other Characters:

  • Mrs. R. Cutter
  • Fred Cutter (First appearance)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Items:

  • Reducto Gas (First appearance)
  • Enlargo Gas (First appearance)

Synopsis for "Contents: One Human!"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Astonishing #46
The post office investigates boxes that contain shrunken people which expand to full size upon arrival at their destination. The business turns out to be run by an enterprising Martian wishing to compete with the rail and plane fare services.

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