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Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.1 2 3
Title: "It!"
Story:
Art: John Romita
Heroes: Bill Carter [father, dies]
Villains: A baby [alien invader]
Others: Mrs. Diamon [orphange worker], Jenny Carter [Bill's wife, dies], Dr. Marbank [Carters' physician], Jim and Martha [married couple]
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Setting: 1950s USA
Reprinted In: Marvel Visionaries: John Romita, Sr.; Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.1
Synopsis: Bill and Jenny adopt a baby but it soon runs Jenny ragged; Bill finds his coffee poisoned and they both nearly die in a mysterious fire, yet the baby somehow got out of the house before the blaze erupted. After Jenny tripped on the baby's teddy and fell to her death, Bill suspected the baby was responsible; taking Bill's gun, the baby confronts Bill and reveals its true nature: it's an alien in disguise, killing from safety thanks to its innocent appearance. The baby kills Bill and is later adopted by another couple.
Notes: Take-off of Ray Bradbury's "Little Assassin."
"The Evil Eye"
Reprinted In: Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.1
"Dial...City Morgue"
Reprinted In: Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.1
"Man On the Beach"
Reprinted In: Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.1
Title: "The Old Mill"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Heroes: unnamed man
Villains: Kurt Braun [miller, dies]
Genre: Horror
Setting: old mill, Germany
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#4; Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.1
Synopsis: Braun is a wicked taskmaster at his mill, constantly beating his new employee, until the man strikes back, killing him. He disposes of the body by grinding it into sacks of flour.
"Fame"
Reprinted In: Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.1
"Something In the Fog"
Reprinted In: Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.1
"If the Shoe Fits"
Reprinted In: Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.1
Title: "Horrible Herman"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Joe Maneely
Villains: Herman Hooper [scientist, dies]
Others: Betty [waitress, dies], Betty's boyfriend [dies]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1950s USA
Reprinted In: Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.2
Synopsis: Herman hates beautiful people and kills Betty and her boyfriend for laughing at him. He boards a rocket and fires an atomic bomb at Earth, planning to kill everyone, but without gravity the bomb drifts back to the rocket and destroys him.
"The Grinning Skulls"
Reprinted In: Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.2
"The Experiment"
Reprinted In: Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.2
"The Golden Coffin"
Reprinted In: Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.2
Title: "The Man Who Talked to Ghosts!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art:
Heroes: A wealthy man [dies]
Villains: A matrimonial agent
Genre: Horror
Setting: 1950s USA
Reprinted In: Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Vol.2
Synopsis: A wealthy man looks for a wife; the matrimonal agent takes him up on it, even though his hobby is talking to ghosts. She kills him for his money, but then his ghost emerges for revenge.
Title: "He Stalks By Night!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Jack [plantation owner]
Villains: Punjab [Indian]
Others: Orrin [government man], Vicki [Orrin's lover]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: India
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Man-Thing#2
Synopsis: Jack kills a tiger, but is then warned "the man-tiger" will stalk and attempt to kill him. He disbelieves in this, and ultimately proves his own servant Punjab has been dressing up like the Man-Tiger to play off local superstitions.
Notes: This story appears to have been extremely re-written.
"The Insects"
"Inside the Black Box"
"No Place On Earth"
"Blackout"
"The Thing In the Jungle"
Title: "What Stanley Saw!"
Story:
Art: Angelo Torres
Heroes: Stanley Gray [pilot]
Others: Winston Richards [Stanley's employer], Martha Foley [Stanley's fiancee], Plutonians, Venusians
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1950s Blue River Valley, Venus, Pluto
Synopsis: Stanley sees a spaceship but no one believes him and his boss lets him go. Stanely finds the aliens from the ship, who prove to be Plutonians. His boss and fiancee also see the aliens, but Stanley asks them to keep their existence a secret so they can end their wandering and live on Earth in peace. Stanley gets his job back.
Title: "The Voice of Fido!"
Story:
Art: Werner Roth
Heroes: Hank Walton [ventriloquist], Fido [Hank's dog]
Others: Ned Walton [Hank's father, former ventriloquist]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950s USA
Synopsis: Hank uses Fido in his ventriloquist act, becoming a sensation. One night Fido abruptly goes off-script as a fire breaks out; Fido leads the audience, Hank and Hank's father to safety. Hank is credited with using Fido to save everyone but Hank reveals he wasn't using ventriloquism, suggesting Fido actually spoke.
Title: "I Was the Invisible Man!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: Adam Clayton [scientist with super-speed]
Villains: bank robbers
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1950's America
Reprinted In: Strange Tales Annual#2; Giant-Size Man-Thing#1
Synopsis: Adam Clayton gains the power of super-speed, and decides to become a hero, thwarting bank robbers and aiding others, but the power ages him 40 years due to constant use, forcing him to retire.
Notes: Referred to as having died in Marvel Universe#5-6.
"Trapped Between Two Worlds"
"I Seek the Sea Serpent"
"The Man Who Never Was"
Title: "Test Pilot"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Christopher Rule
Heroes: Ralph Preston [pilot of the X-400]
Villains: Auriga Raiders [aliens]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: April, 2089, Earth
Synopsis: On a test flight, Preston must fight off Auriga Raiders before going home.
"Last Warning-- Evacuate Earth"
"The Creatures From the Bottomless Pit"
"Next Stop -- Mars"
"Trapped in Tomorrow"
Title: "Journey Into Nowhere!"
Story:
Art: Joe Sinnott
Heroes: Thomas Blake, Walter Johnson [time travelers]
Others: cavemen of the future
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1950's America; 2960
Reprinted In: Fear#3
Synopsis: Blake and Johnson journey to the future but think they're in the past when they see cavemen, not realizing earth has endured nine world wars.
"Earth in Chains"
"Ghost Ship"
"Escape to Tomorrow"
Title: "I am the Man Wihout a Face!"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Rufus Watkins [lyncher] and his mob
Others: Gypsies
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Goosepan
Reprinted In: Where Creatures Roam#2
Synopsis: Rufus hates newly arrived Gypies, although the other townsfolk are in favour of welcoming them. Rufus organizes a mob and attacks the Gypsies, but one of them roughs him up and sends him away. Rufus gets masks for his men and they return, setting fires to the camp. One of the Gypsies curses Rufus. The Gypsies testify to the police and the mob is nabbed, except for Rufus. Rufus finds he can't remove his mask - whenever he takes it off, another one appears. He remains hidden in his home.
"When the Saucer Strikes"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#6
"I Dared to Defy Merlin's Black Magic!"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Darkness#6
"I Am the Man Who Will Destroy Your World"
Reprinted In: Fear#1
"I Fought the Man Who Couldn't Be Killed"
Reprinted In: Fear#1
Title: "I Fought The Colossus!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko
Heroes: Professor Renolds [scientist], the Colossus [supercomputer]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 2020 earth
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#19; Where Monsters Dwell#3; Monster Menace#2
Synopsis: People are concerned the Colossus, entrusted to solve humanity's problems may turn on them; when it builds a robot and sends it out, they destroy it-- then learn the robot contained the information needed to solve all their problems. The Colossus was incapable of betrayal-- it was only a machine.
"I Was Trapped on the Ghost Ship"
Reprinted In: Chamber of Chills#25
Title: "I Entered the...Doorway to Doom!"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: unnamed farmer
Villains: Invaders from Dimension Z, Communist soldiers
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1945, Siberia
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Man-Thing#4
Synopsis: A farmer finds a passageway in the mountains leading to Dimension Z, and meets its people, who are intent on conquering earth. By exploiting their fear of fire, he is able to seal them off with an iron door he builds. Many years later, Communist soldiers arrive, and believe he is hiding great wealth behind the door. Finally, he sends them in to be destroyed, and muses if the Premier won't listen to reason, perhaps he should open the door and leave it open for good.
"I am the Abominable Snowman!"
"I Saw the Elephant's Graveyard!"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#11
Title: "Grottu, King of the Insects!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Bill Everett
Heroes: Frank [Ulysses Bloodstone, as of Marvel Universe#4]
Villains: Grottu [huge telepathic soldier ant, dies]
Others: Lynn Avery [museum curator], Kasenga [native guide]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's Mombasa
Reprinted In: Marvel Monster Masterworks; Where Monsters Dwell#3; Strange Tales Annual#1
Synopsis:Grottu leads armies of ants in a path of destruction throgh Africa; Frank defeats him by covering him with sugar, leaving him devoured by his own army.
Notes: Returns in Fantastic Four Unlimited#7; retold in Marvel Universe#4
Title: "I Saw the End of the World!"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Professor Egen [scientist]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1959, America; 2,009 AD; 2,109 AD; 2,309 AD; 3,309 AD; 4,309 AD
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#3
Synopsis: Egen builds a time machine, and travels to the future. Along the way, he observes humanity's progress, but as time goes on, he finds humanity reverting to savagry, then re-building civilization to the same point he had left in 1959. Leaving the time machine, he loses his memory, and once again plans to journey into the future.
Title: "I Was Trapped by the Mole Men!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Heroes: Sir Norman Ramsay [wealthy mine owner]
Villains: Mole Men [underground creatures]
Others: Blake, other mine workers
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's England
Reprinted In: Monsters On the Prowl#14
Synopsis: Ramsay refuses to give his workers raises, but after he is captured by the Mole Men and Blake saves him, he changes his mind.
"I Am a Walking Time Bomb!"
Title: "When The Totem Walks"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Villains: The Totem [living totem pole] Bull Drago and Hunk [escaped convicts]
Others: indians
Genre: Fantasy, Monster
Setting: 1960's indian reservation
Reprinted In: Monster Menace#2; Weird Wonder Tales#10
Synopsis: Drago and Hunk break out of prison and hide on a reservation, but the indians summon up the Totem spirit to drive them off. They wake up in their cell, thinking it had all been a dream-- but then the Totem breaks in...
Title: "Gorgolla! The Living Gargoyle!!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: David Hartnell
Villains: Gorgolla [Stonian invader, destroyed]
Others: Stonians [gargoyle-like aliens disguised as rooftop gargoyles]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: Tibet
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#1; Where Monsters Dwell#35
Synopsis: Hartnell, investgating the history of gargoyles, comes to Tibet, where he discovers Gorgolla, who is plotting to take over the world with his fellow Stonians; however, when he summons them, they come and destroy him, having become fond of humanity.
Notes: The Stonians return in Astonishing Tales#22.
Title: "Beware the Hands of Hundu"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Villains: Hundu [artist, dies]
Others: Anne [Hundu's ex-girlfriend], gypsy man, Mark [Anne's husband]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's New York
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#35
Synopsis: Hundu acquires gypsy paint to make his paintings come to life; he messes about with reality to gain vengeance, but when a self-portrait of him falls out a window, he dies and all returns to normal.
"I Was Trapped in the Nightmare World"
Title: "Taboo! The Thing From the Murky Swamp!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Lewis Conrad [adventure story novelist]
Villains: Taboo [tar-like, telepathic alien invader, destroyed]
Others: The United Nations
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's Brazil
Reprinted In: Marvel Monster Masterworks; Where Monsters Dwell#2; Weird Wonder Tales#13
Synopsis: Adventure writer Lewis Conrad encounters Taboo in the Amazon River, who requests humanity's aid in escaping earth. They comply, but when he turns out to be hostile, they destroy him with an h-bomb.
Notes: Taboo returns in Strange Tales#77
"The Return of the Totem"
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#13, Monster Menace#4
"I Made the Hulk Live"
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#22
"Doomsday!"
Title: "Beware!! The Ghosts Surround Me!!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Villains: Gustav, creatures from another dimension, Hans [Gustav's partner, dies]
Others: police
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Europe
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#1; Strange Tales Annual#1; Vault of Evil#19
Synopsis: Gustav, on the run from the police, kills his partner Hans when he sprains his ankle, then hides in an old building. Inside, he meets creatures from another dimension, who bring him into their world. He escapes the police, but finds himself stuck between dimensions-- never able to return home.
Title: "I am Dragoom! The Flaming Invader!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Victor Cartwright [monster film maker]
Villains: Dragoom [fiery alien from Vulcan]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's Mexico; Hollywood
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#11; Where Monsters Dwell#2
Synopsis: Dragoom invades the earth and cannot be stopped, until Cartwright creates phony Vulcans, tricking Dragoom into fleeing lest he be arrested.
"I Found the Mad Universe"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#11
Title: "The Dummy and Me!"
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Heroes: Hugo [ventriloquist posing as dummy]
Villains: Band of killers
Genre: Mystery
Setting: 1960s USA
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales from the Grave#10
Synopsis: Hugo is chased by men for welching on gambling debts. They kill his dummy mistaking it for him, not realizing Hugo had been posing as a dummy all along.
Title: "The Return of Taboo!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Dan [policeman]
Villains: Taboo [from #75]
Others: Susan [Dan's wife] Taboo's race
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's New York
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#5
Synopsis: Fragments of Taboo's body re-merge, and he goes on a rampage, opposed by a heroic cop, among others. Others from Taboo's race arrive, but only to take Taboo into their custody, explaining he is mentally ill.
Title: "The Strange Magic of Master Khan!"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Hawk Gormey [nasty sea captain]
Villains: Master Khan [Asian sorcerer]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's Asia
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#10; Where Monsters Dwell#5
Synopsis: Hawk Gormey wants Master Khan's dragon ship, and drugs the crew so he can steal it. But Khan has magical powers, and shrinks the boat down, and puts it in a bottle, to punish Gormey for eternity.
"I Am the Beast-Man"
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#10
"I Am the Unhuman!"
Title: "A Martian Walks Among Us"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: unnamed man [Venusian in disguise]
Villains: a Martian [shapeshifting invader, dies]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Marvel Monster Masterworks; Strange Tales Annual#1; Where Monsters Dwell#3
Synopsis: A man is ambushed by a newly-arrived Martian, who takes his place. The man tries to warn humanity, but goes unheeded. Building an infra-red device, he locates the Martian, and in battle, it falls down an elevator shaft. The man is then revealed to be a Venusian, sent to protect earth.
"The Worm Man"
Reprinted In: Tower of Shadows#6
"The Fantastic Menace of Mento the Mighty!"
"The Gargoyle!"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#3
Title: "The Ghost of Grismore Castle!"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Otis Norton [practical joker], Victor [his friend]
Villains: Ghosts
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Grismore Castle
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#14; Curse of the Weird#2
Synopsis: Victor takes a $50 bet he can spend a night in Grismore Castle, but Norton sets up phoney ghosts to scare him away; however, real ghosts dwell in Grismore Castle, they frighten Norton, and he gives up practical jokes.
"I Was in the Clutches of the Living Shadow"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#31
"The Thing on the Moon"
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#14
"I Found the Perfect Hiding Place"
Title: "The Things From Dimension X!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Heroes: Lynwood [scientist]
Villains: Creatures from Electra
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Mount Rushmore
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#5; Creatures On the Loose#17
Synopsis: Lynwood creates a device to pierce other dimensions, but invaders from Electra use it to enter earth. However, the figures of Mount Rushmore come to life and drive them back.
"Trapped in the Room of Shadows"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#22
"What? What Was Gargantus?"
Reprinted In: Creatures on the Loose#17
"The Door They Dare Not Open"
Title: "The Thing in the Cell!"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Villains: Hans Vogez [mayor, postmaster and judge of Bork]
Others: aliens
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: Bork, a European town
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#5
Synopsis: Vogez uses the town's funds to build an immense prison, despite there being no crime. He throws a man in prison for walking against a one-way sidewalk, but the man is the leader of an alien expedition. His fellow aliens take the entire prison away in order to free him, and Vogez loses his job as a result.
Notes: Re-named "The Thing in Cell 13!" in Weird Wonder Tales#5.
Title: "The Invaders"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Villains: alien invaders [die]
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: 1960's earth, unnamed alien planet
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#5
Synopsis: Aliens decide to invade earth and land upon a deserted section of the planet to prepare. However, as their homeworld has no water, they mistake the Pacific Ocean for land and drown underwater.
Title: "The Scarecrow Walks"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Strawman [living scarecrow]
Villains: Jarvis Cragstone [land owner]
Others: Albert and Martha Smith [old couple]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's America
Synopsis: Cragstone forces the Smiths off their land so he can sell it for atomic testing; radiation brings the Smiths' scarecrow to life, and it stalks Cragstone down and forces him to hand over money to the Smiths. Then the scarecrow returns to normal.
"A Giant There Was!"
"I Went Too Far Back!"
Title: "The Thing Called...IT!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Villains: Heinrich Munch [scientist, dies]
Others: unnamed android
Genre: Monster, Science Fiction
Setting: Europe
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#4; Monsters on the Prowl#15
Synopsis: Munch creates an android which does not seem to come to life, so he throws it into a bog. It rises up again in a mud-like form, and returns to Munch. He decides to use it as a weapon of destruction, but the creature refuses. He attempts to destroy the monster, but falls from his castle during their clash. A bolt of lightning places the monster's mind in his master's body, and he sets out as Munch to make some good with his life.
Title: "From Out of the Black Pit Came...Grogg!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Michael Kozlov
Villains: Grogg [giant sleeping dragon], Colonel Karl Vorcutsky
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's, Communist country
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#27
Synopsis: Kozlov is saved from the firing squad for being a scientist, and put on a project where the locals tell of Grogg, a dragon beneath the earth. Their tests set Grogg free, who is told by the locals the Communists are the ones who awoke him. He attacks them, but Kozlov escapes by creating a smoke screen.
Notes: Grogg returns in #87.
"The Menace of Shandu!"
Reprinted In: Crypt of Shadows#17
Title: "The Wonder of the Ages!!! Magneto!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: gaming promoter
Villains: Magneto [Hunk Larken, big dumb guy, becomes magnetic]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#24
Synopsis: A promoter tries to make Hunk into an athlete, but his size and intellect make it impossible; fed up with the world, Hunk finally finds work as an astronaut, but is exposed to radiation in space makes him magnetic; he turns his power on the world, but finally tries to flee by getting aboard another rocket; however, the promoter had arranged for Hunk to board the ship, as it was specially designed to make a long-range trip in search of other life, and he hopes Hunk will find someone out there who will accept him.
"Twelve Silent Men!"
Title: "They Met on Mars!"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: a gold "alien" [American in spacesuit]
Villains: a green "alien" [Russian in spacesuit]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Mars
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#24
Synopsis: Two astronauts encounter each other on Mars, mistakening the other for an alien; the American destroys the Russian's ship, stranding him there.
Notes: Changed in reprint to HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
Title: "The Man Who Fell!"
Story:
Art: Paul Reinman
Villains: Mayor Hans
Others: Katrina [fortune teller], Albert [Hans' servant]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Europe?
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#25
Synopsis: Hans wants Katrina to marry him, and to prove her fortunes are false, demands she marry him if her fortune does not come true. She predicts he will be injured by a fall, so he has himself tied to the floor of his room by his servant to prove her wrong-- only for the chandlier hanging above him to fall.
Title: "The Return of Gargantus!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Bill
Villains: Gargantus [from #80]
Others: Anne [Bill's wife], Frank [explorer, friend of Bill]
Genre: Fantasy, Monster
Setting: 1960's America
Synopsis: When Frank accidentally revives Gargantus, Bill uses an electrified submarine to shock him back into unconsciousness.
"The Ape Man"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#24
Title: "Beware of Meeks Bringing Gifts"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Walter Johnson [tv newscaster]
Villains: Meeks [seemingly-benevolent aliens], their robots
Others: J.B. [head of the tv network]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Synopsis: The Meeks provide humanity with technology to set their lives at ease and end all struggles, but Johnson realizes its just to make them weak for when the Meeks invade Earth themselves. After forcing a Meek to admit it on tv, humanity discards the gifts.
Title: "I Created Mechano"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Mr. Hopkins [inventor], Johnny Briggs [child, Hopkins' friend]
Villains: Mechano [amock robot], aliens
Others: Mr. and Mrs. Briggs
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Synopsis: Johnny helps Mr. Hopkins build Mechano for the industrial fair, but an atomic transmitter makes Mechano run amock; it does save the Earth from aliens, but is destroyed by a mob anyway.
"Georgie's Globe"
Title: "The Return of...Grogg!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Michael Kozlov
Villains: Grogg [last in #83, Communist Bodavians
Others: Ivan Grotsky [farmer, aides Kozlov]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: Bodavia
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#23
Synopsis: Kozlov investigates Bodavia and again encounters Grogg; discovering Bodavia is planning a spaceflight, he lures Grogg into their vessel and launches it to Mars, so if Bodavia ever attempts to land there, they will have to face Grogg.
Title: "The Macabre Mirror!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Heroes: Carlotta [gypsy]
Villains: Duke
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Medival Europe
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#23
Synopsis: The Duke taxes all of his subjects relentlessly, and when he hears Carlotta won't pay, he visits her himself. Since all she has is a mirror, he demands she give it to him, and she does-- trapping him inside of it.
"Lighthouse From Nowhere"
Reprinted In: Creatures on the Loose#24
Title: "Zzutak The Thing That Shouldn't Exist!!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko
Heroes: Frank Johnson [Marvel monster artist]
Villains: Yucoya-Tzin [Aztec priest], Zzutak [Aztec monster, destroyed]
Others: Frank's monster [destroyed], Marvel Comics publisher [Martin Goodman?]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's Mexico
Reprinted In: Marvel Monster Masterworks; Fear#3; Monster Menace#3
Synopsis: Artist Frank Johnson is given paints that bring his drawings to life; drawn to Mexico, he is compelled to bring a monster to life, to serve Aztecs. He then creates another monster, to destroy Zzutak.
Notes: Cast returns in Fantastic Four Unlimited#7
Title: "The Lifeless Man!"
Story:
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Joey Clark [little boy], his toy soldier
Villains: a bear
Others: other boys
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Fear#3
Synopsis: Joey saves up to buy a toy soldier despite the ridicule of his peers; when they encounter a bear in the woods, the soldier comes to life and saves them.
"Punishment!"
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#7
Title: "Fin Fang Foom!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Chan Liuchow [Chinese-American pacifist]
Villains: Fin Fang Foom [ancient sleeping dragon]
Others: Mr. Liuchow [Chan's father], Chan's brother [a soldier]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's Formosa, China
Reprinted In: Marvel Monster Masterworks; Fantasy Masterpieces#2; Where Monsters Dwell#21; Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang Four#1; Marvel Monsters TPB
Synopsis: Chan awakens Fin Fang Foom, uses him to drive off invading the invading Communist army while chasing him, then returns him to his slumber.
Notes: Returns in Astonishing Tales#23.
"The Green Things!"
"The Touch of Midas!"
Title: "Germ Warfare"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: John Marshall [scientist]
Villains: Germ [dies]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#6
Synopsis: Marshall, attempting to enlarge a germ for study, accidentally makes it as large as a man. The germ intends to create others of its kind and conquer humanity, and has Marshall drop it off on an island. Marshall agrees, because he knows the island was about to used in atomic testing, which destroys the germ.
"A Giant Walks the Earth"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#7
Title: "A Thousand Years Later"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: Adam [1,000 year old man]
Others: Eve [last woman on Earth]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's to 2960's
Reprinted In: Chamber of Darkness#8
Synopsis: Adam lives for 1,000 years and sees the planet evacuated for a new home; he and a woman named Eve decided to repopulate.
"Orrgo the Unconquerable"
Reprinted In: Fear#2, Monster Menace#4
"The Inhuman"
Reprinted In: Fear#2
Title: "The Sacrifice!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: Colonel Chuck Dawson [astronaut, dies]
Villains: plant creature [dies]
Others: Martians [die in flashback]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1981, Mars
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#18
Synopsis: Upon his arrival at Mars, Dawson is captured by a plant creature, responsible for ending all life on Mars. He now wants to do the same to Earth, and forces Dawson to let him in his ship. On the way to Earth, Dawson blows the vessel up to save the planet.
Title: "The Mask of Morgumm!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Villains: Joe Phelps [robber]
Others: mask-maker
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#18
Synopsis: Tired of his meek complexion, Phelps steals the mask of Morgumm so people will fear him, but finds it won't come off.
"The Coming of the Giants"
Reprinted In: Creatures on the Loose#23
"The Warning"
Title: "The Monster Hunts For Me!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: unnamed old man [dies]
Villains: Aliens
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's New York
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#23
Synopsis: An old man tells a young women how he saw aliens land, and learnt how they intended to invade earth by disguising themselves as humans. When he hears a knock at his door, he dies of a heart attack, thinking it was the alien. In fact, the woman was the alien.
Title: "Inside the Flying Saucer!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Others: Martians
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Mars
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#23
Synopsis: People watch a movie about alien invaders, and wonder if perhaps on the planet earth, they make up the same stories about them.
Title: "The Man Who Shrunk the World"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Villains: Rodkeric Kane [criminal]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 5000 A.D.; 1961 Earth
Synopsis: Kane travels back in time to conquer humanity with his X-32 reducing gas, but when he tests it on himself he becomes too tiny to open the antidote, and shrinks into nothing.
"Somewhere Sits a Lama"
Title: "Save Me From The Weed!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: George [gardener]
Villains: The Weed [telepathic weed altered by radiation, dies]
Others: Lucius Farnsworth [millionaire]
Genre: Science Fiction, Monster
Setting: The estate of Lucius Farnsworth
Reprinted In: Giant-Size Man-Thing#3; Monster Menace#2
Synopsis: Brought to life by radiation, the Weed plots to conquer the earth with its powers, but doesn't count on George, who roots it up.
Title: "He Came From Nowhere!"
Story:
Art:
Villains: Joe Morgan [convict]
Others: Groff [Uranian convict], Uranians
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: Earth; Uranus
Reprinted In: Supernatural Thrillers#7
Synopsis: Morgan escapes from prison and meets Groff, who claims to be a man from the future; he allows Morgan to use his device to visit his own time, where Morgan is arrested, mistaken for Groff; Groff was from the future, but from the future of Uranus.
Title: "Help!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: unnamed man
Others: tiny alien in spacecraft
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#14; Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko
Synopsis: A man hears a voice in his telephone asking for help, but he claims to be from another world, and now lost. He decides the person is nuts, and slams the phone so hard it breaks open; the lost spaceship escapes and returns to space.
"Pildorr the Plunderer From Outer Space"
Reprinted In: Marvel Super-Heroes#24
Title: "Do Not Panic!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Others: aliens, astronauts
Genre: Science Fiction, Aliens
Setting: an alien world
Reprinted In: Monsters On the Prowl#26; Curse of the Weird#1
Synopsis: Men panic when a spacecraft lands on their world, and the military is sent to meet them-- but they are friendly, and from a world called-- earth.
Title: "The Cave of Shaggdorr!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Villains: Shaggdorr [giant alien], Bruno Krugg [criminal]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Ursa Centaurius, 3061
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#15
Synopsis: Krugg attempts to steal Shaggdorr's treasure, but does not realize Shaggdorr is a giant alien, and walks right into his hand.
"What Will Happen to Mankind if the Monster Escapes"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#24
"The Two-Headed Thing!!"
Reprinted In: Monsters on the Prowl#26
Title: "The Clock-Maker!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Others: Clock-maker, his bookkeeper [robot]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#11
Synopsis: The Clock-Maker is accused of killing his bookkeeper, but it is impossible for him to have done so-- his bookkeeper is an artificial man.
"Beware the Future Man"
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#15
Title: "Behind the Dreadful Door!"
Story:
Art:
Heroes: Derek Weems [abstract artist]
Others: 2-dimensional creatures
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's America, alien dimension
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#21
Synopsis: Weems sets out to learn how a rival artists gets his pictures; he discovers a portal to a two-dimensional world, where he is forced to serve the aliens there as a model for their own paintings.
Notes: Dr. Druid added as host and face in crowd when reprinted.
Title: "The Madness!"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: Dan Cooper
Villains: The Keeper [jail-keeper]
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: 1960's England; 16th century England
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#20
Synopsis: Cooper steps into a fog that sends him back to the 16th century, where he is believed to be insane and is jailed; he finally escapes prison, pursued by the Keeper, and passes through the fog to his own time, with the Keeper. Now the Keeper is thought to be insane.
"Goodbye to Linda Brown"
Reprinted In: Marvel Tales#83
Title: "No Human Can Beat Me!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby
Heroes: Frank Taylor [reporter]
Villains: alien warrior
Others: Helen Taylor [Frank's wife]
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: 1960's America, Russia, Switzerland
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#38
Synopsis: To avoid invasion, an alien challenges earthmen to attempt to defeat him at any sport, but he masters every sport on the planet; Taylor defeats him by claiming sleeping is a sport where the record is 1 million years, and the alien obligingly goes to sleep for 2 million years.
Title: "They Vanished Forever!"
Story:
Art: Dick Ayers
Heroes: Thomas Clark
Villains: Ghosts of the Flying Dutchman
Others: Crew of the Molly Browne
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Australia
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#19; Fantasy Masterpieces#4
Synopsis: Clark is the only survivor of the Molly Browne; he refuses to explain how the rest of the crew disappeared, as they had found the Flying Dutchman, and attempted to plunder its gold. Only Clark refused to take the gold, and when the crew of the Molly Browne were turned into ghosts themselves to sail aboard the Dutchman, Clark was spared.
"The TV Fan!"
"A Fortune in Beans"
Title: "Mr. Morgan's Monster"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: humanoid robot [expires]
Villains: aliens [die]
Others: Philip Morgan [humanoid creator], various robots [destroyed]
Genre: Science-Fiction
Setting: 2090, America
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#11; Monsters On the Prowl#16; Weird Wonder Tales#10
Synopsis: Morgan has his humanoids destroyed because they're untrustworthy, but keeps one in secret; aliens try to use the humanoid to conquer earth, but it turns on them and they destroy themselves and it simultaneously.
Title: "The Day Before Doomsday"
Story:
Art: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Heroes: John Peterson [scientist, pretend defector]
Villains: Premier Zorkon, Kruminski, other Communists
Others: Edith Peterson [John's wife]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 1975, America, Russia
Reprinted In: Tomb of Darkness#21
Synopsis: John seemingly defects to the Communists and builds them an unbreakable dome to protect their cities from nuclear attacks, but when they launch their weapons, they are instead launched into space.
"A Switch in Time"
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#12
Title: "The Man in the Glass Cage!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Villains: Joe Phelps [sound engineer, dies]
Others: Anita Rogers [singer], Bob [Joe's rival]
Genre: Mystery
Setting: 1960s USA
Reprinted In: Uncanny Tales From the Grave#10
Synopsis: Joe is attracted to Anita but sees her going with Bob. Realizing intense sound could kill, he floods her sound booth with loud noise, only for it to have no effect. Puzzled, he activates the sound in the control room and it kills him. Anita has a hearing aid and wasn't wearing it while she was in the booth.
Title: "Beware the Uboong!!"
Story:
Art: Don Heck
Villains: Uboong [ferocious aliens]
Others: Astronauts, Cosmonauts
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Uranus, future
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#3
Synopsis: The Russians learn American astronauts left Uranus after only 5 hours because of a creature called the Uboong. They decide to claim the planet themselves, and quickly arrive there with a new rocket. They avoid a rhino-like alien, believing it to be the Uboong, and set up camp near a sheep-like creature. Unfortunately, the Uboong are those same creatures.
"The Man in the Crazy Maze"
Reprinted In: Weird Wonder Tales#6
"The Imitation Man"
Reprinted In: Journey Into Mystery#13
"The Mighty Oak"
Title: "The Secret of the Hidden Planet!"
Story:
Art: Gene Colan
Heroes: Dirk Morgan [space pilot]
Others: Paul Hastings [space pilot], Joe [coffee dealer], Venusians [time travelers]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Earth, Venus, distant future
Synopsis: Life is observed on Venus and Hastings is assigned the mission to explore the planet. Morgan drugs his coffee so he can get the mission instead, but arriving on Venus he discovers their population is human, time travelers from his future. The Venusians leave the planet to live somewhere else and Morgan is ashamed of himself.
"Markham's Magic Crayon!"
"The Frog Man!"
Reprinted In: Where Monsters Dwell#10
Title: "The Treasure of Planetoid 12!"
Story: Stan Lee
Art: Steve Ditko
Heroes: unnamed pilot
Villains: Charlie Nast [thief]
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: 2100 AD; Planetoid 12
Reprinted In: Vault of Evil#22
Synopsis: Nast is fired for stealing from one job to another, but while planning to rob a tv studio, hears Planetoid 12 has been discovered, and has something valuable. He keeps word from getting out, and steals a rocket so he can arrive and claim the planetoid for himself; however, the planetoid contains nothing but geysers of water. He drinks some, and is upset it's just regular water-- but it turns out it's the Fountain of Youth, and it turns him into a baby.
"Secret Weapon"
Title: "We Search the Stars!"
Story: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Art: Larry Lieber, Matt Fox
Heroes: Sir Edward Ramsey [explorer]
Others: Caveman aliens
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting: Future, Sector X3B
Reprinted In: Fantasy Masterpieces#9
Synopsis: Ramsey sets out on an expedition to find a more highly-developed race in outer space; he finds a race of caveman-like aliens, and departs, not realizing the "cavemen" were highly advanced telepaths.