Appearing in "Prisoner of the Fantastic Fog"
Featured Characters:
- Dr. Jerry Morgan (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Big Sam Morgan (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- NYPD
- Unnamed Police Officer
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Cellular Shrinking Vapor (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Prisoner of the Fantastic Fog"
A man wants money to perfect his shrink gas but when he can't get any he vents the gas outside and a gangster walks into it and shrinks. He turns himself in to a police man but the effect is only temporary since the gas is not perfected.
Appearing in "Nightmare at Midnight"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed "Dream"
Supporting Characters:
- Mike (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- John (First appearance)
- John's Wife (First appearance)
- Unnamed Man (Comatose or unconscious) (First appearance)
- Two unnamed prisoners
Races and Species:
- Dreams
- Humans
Locations:
Synopsis for "Nightmare at Midnight"
A dream searches for the correct dreamer before midnight, but after trying a couple of sleepers, realizes it has made a mistake and dissolves. The man who was supposed to have a dream about falling from a great height was a convict attempting a prison break. Since he had no warning, he attempted to scale the high wall and fell to his death.
Appearing in "The Sinister Stone"
Featured Characters:
- Unnamed Thief
Other Characters:
- Sambana (Statue)
- Three unnamed South American natives
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- South America
- Unidentified Village
- United States of America (Mentioned in narration)
- South America
- Earth
Items:
- Ruby of Sambana (First appearance)
Synopsis for "The Sinister Stone"
A thief steals a ruby dedicated to the god of rain and heavy rains follow him wherever he goes.
Appearing in "He Never Reached the Ground!"
Featured Characters:
- Wally Ober (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Llada (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Construction Worker
- Unidentified Police Department
- Two unnamed police officers
- Walter Ober (Mentioned) (Wally's Great Grandfather)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "He Never Reached the Ground!"
A man falls 35 floors but disappears at ground level just before impact.
Appearing in "He's Coming to Get Me!"
Featured Characters:
- Peter Wilcox (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Ralph Wilcox (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Mr. Wilcox (Peter and Ralph's Father) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-Unknown
- Earth (First appearance)
Synopsis for "He's Coming to Get Me!"
A man who cheated his brother out of their father's money gets a letter stating that his brother is "coming to get him." He puts a gun under his jacket since he thinks his brother is out for revenge, but he discards it when his brother leads him to a rocket ship and tells him that he didn't want him to be the last man on Earth.
Appearing in "Make A Wish"
Journey Into Mystery #25
Featured Characters:
- Gerald Harper (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Jimmy Gordon (First appearance)
- Mrs. Gordon (Jimmy's Mother) (First appearance)
- Sam Gordon (Jimmy's Father) (First appearance)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Gerald Harper's Wishing Machine (First appearance; destruction)
Synopsis for "Make A Wish"
Journey Into Mystery #25
A man invents a wishing machine but loses the prototype on the way to the patent office.
Appearing in "The Mad Scientist!"
Featured Characters:
- Dr. Mark Ferris (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Dr. Mark Ferris (First appearance)
- Mark Ferris' Son
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth-Unknown (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The Mad Scientist!"
An old man enters the laboratory of scientist Dr. Mark Ferris carrying a young boy in his arms. The man is aware of Ferris' scientific acumen, specifically his research in suspended animation. He implores Dr. Ferris to use his techniques to cryogenically freeze the boy so that the illness that infects him can be examined and removed. Ferris refuses, citing that he has only experimented on animals, never human beings. Suspecting that the doctor would be difficult, the old man draws a gun and forces Ferris to perform the procedure.
The experiment works and Dr. Ferris is able to isolate the infection thus saving the boy's life. The old man reveals that he is actually Mark Ferris from thirty years in the future. He was unable to perform the work himself because a laboratory fire destroyed his notes over thirty years ago. The young boy is Ferris' son. The old man and his son leave to return to the future just as a fire breaks out in the laboratory.
Notes
Publisher Notes[]
- "Prisoner of the Fantastic Fog" is reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales #7.
- "Nightmare at Midnight" is reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales #7.
- "The Sinister Stone" is reprinted in Vault of Evil #11.
- "He Never Reached the Ground!" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #19.
- "He's Coming to Get Me!" is reprinted in Giant-Size Werewolf #5.
- "The Mad Scientist" is reprinted in Frankenstein #11.