—Stellar Space Traveling Library PilotWe didn't mean to hit your hillside and lose our books! But I must bring them back... the book-club members are waiting to have their new adventures! Perhaps you would like to join also!
Appearing in "I Went Through the Veil!"
Featured Characters:
- Ralph
Supporting Characters:
- Lise
- Unnamed Old Man
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Banker
- Unnamed Car Salesman
- Ralph's Wife
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "I Went Through the Veil!"
A woman of the far future draws a man out of the past through the veil of time travel to be her mate. One of her fellow futurians sends him back and admonishes her that she knows people from the past must remain in the past. He explains that they live so far in the future that all possible combinations of appearance have been exhausted and that is why she looks just like the past man's wife and she will fall in love with a futurian who looks like that man in the past did.
Appearing in "The Silent Street"
Featured Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Officer Greene
Supporting Characters:
- Martian Police
- Unnamed Police Officer
Antagonists:
- Nargak (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Mr. Welch
- Johnny
- Laura
- Mrs. Macassy
Races and Species:
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Martian Teleportation Booth
Synopsis for "The Silent Street"
A police officer makes his night rounds thinking that nothing interesting ever happens in the neighborhood while two aliens are conducting a life or death struggle among the rooftops.
Appearing in "The Secret Men"
Featured Characters:
- Captain Shaw (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Unidentified Expedition
- Unnamed Sergeant
- Three unnamed members
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Government (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Secret Men"
An expedition to a mountain top city filled with superman possessing the power of levitation is thwarted by one of their number who has infiltrated the expedition as leader and wishes the mountain top city's existence to remain a secret. He convinces the others to turn back by leaping into a crevice, while pretending to attempt a crossing, and using his levitation powers until the other members of the group decide the city is only a false story and head back.
Appearing in "The Last Stop"
Featured Characters:
- Nick Taras (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Man (Hit-and-Run Victim)
- Unnamed Coworker
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Unnamed Police Officer
- Unnamed Waitress
- Unnamed Mobster
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- East Park Road
- United States of America
- Earth
Vehicles:
- Nick's Truck
Synopsis for "The Last Stop"
A driver feels guilty for not stopping to help a man he hits and so each successive day the truck he drives parks itself in front of a cemetery. He confesses to the police and the mechanics who check his truck inform him that the engine comes from a hearse so it was merely force of habit that the truck went to the cemetery every day.
Appearing in "The Mystery of the Smiling Man!"
Featured Characters:
- Mallin
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Warden
- Unnamed Doctor
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Prison
- Unnamed Administrator
- Three unnamed correction officers
- Numerous unnamed prisoners
- Mallin (Robot) (Imagination)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Unidentified Prison
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Mystery of the Smiling Man!"
A prison's staff becomes suspicious of a new prisoner, a treasonous scientist, who is always smiling. After an inspection of his cell turns up nothing, he is examined by a doctor in the prison's clinic for ailments, but again nothing is found. The doctor then suspects that the prisoner had built a robot duplicate who took his place when federal agents came after him, and goes to inspect him again in his cell. In reality, the prisoner had used post-hypnotic suggestion to implant the theory so he could get the doctor alone, tie him up, and sneak out wearing his clothes. However, the doctor is actually another prisoner, a trustee in the clinic, and so the prisoner is caught when he tries to leave.
Appearing in "The Amazing Bubble"
Featured Characters:
- Jonathan Jr. "Jonny"
Supporting Characters:
- Nora
- Jonathan Sr.
- Mr. Bigger
Other Characters:
- Twelve unnamed dinner guests
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Jonny's Bubble Mixture
Synopsis for "The Amazing Bubble"
Appearing in "The Books That Were Alive"
Featured Characters:
- Bert Wells (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Doris Wells (First appearance)
- Stellar Space Traveling Library Pilot
Antagonists:
- Sea Manta (First appearance)
- Unidentified Creature
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Book Club (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Mount Moody
- United States of America
- North America
- Unidentified Ocean
- Unidentified Jungle
- Unidentified Mountain
- Earth
- Dream Dimension
- Earthspace
Items:
- Adventures in Deep-Sea Fishing (Book)
- Jungle Exploration (Book)
- Mountains in the Sky (Book)
Vehicles:
- Stellar Space Traveling Library (First appearance)
Synopsis for "The Books That Were Alive"
A space Book Mobile accidentally drops some books where a hiker finds them and has realistic adventures by using them.
Notes
Publication Notes[]
- "I Went Through the Veil!" is reprinted in Journey Into Mystery (Vol. 2) #11.
- "The Silent Street" is reprinted in Uncanny Tales (Vol. 2) #10.
- "The Secret Men" is reprinted in Journey Into Mystery (Vol. 2) #11.
- "The Last Stop" is reprinted in Fear #23.
- "The Books That Were Alive" is reprinted in Journey Into Mystery (Vol. 2) #11.