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Quote1 My report will take care of everything... I give you my word! Quote2
—Unnamed Psychiatrist

Appearing in "They Walk Through Walls!"

Featured Characters:

  • Clayton

Antagonists:

  • Men of Tomorrow
    • Masters
    • Abbott
    • Unnamed Psychiatrist

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Doctor
  • Unnamed Nurse

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Synopsis for "They Walk Through Walls!"

A man with aspirations of overthrowing the United States Government is apprehended by men who walk through walls. They explain to him that they are a secret society dedicated to guarding the people from men like him. He escapes the house where they wish to confine him and, after several days of exposure, flags down a passing motorist. While recovering in the hospital, he tells a fake story to a psychiatrist about the guardians plotting a government takeover, figuring that the police will remove them from being an obstacle in his path. What he is unaware of, is that the psychiatrist is one of the guardians and has him committed as insane.

Appearing in "Afraid to Dream!"

Featured Characters:

  • Henry Morrison (First appearance)
  • Kartu Kon (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Unnamed Psychiatrist

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Synopsis for "Afraid to Dream!"

A man thinks that he is dreaming of an alien landscape but he is actually mentally connected with an alien explorer in another galaxy. When the alien is rescued by his fellows the man's upsetting dreams vanish and he is relieved.

Appearing in "The Last Hour"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #36
(originally printed as The Appointment)

Featured Characters:

  • Jay Phillips (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Matt Watson (First appearance)

Antagonists:

  • "Bong"

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Doctor

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Items:

  • Jay's Watch

Synopsis for "The Last Hour"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #36
(originally printed as The Appointment)

Artist Jay Phillips thinks his time is more special due to working on his art then the people who work nine to five then head home and relax. One morning he is contacted by a disembodied voice that he refers to as "Bong" given right after they finish speaking he can hear a bong sound. Bong tells Jay that when his watch finished counting down Jay will join Bong in the Oblivion where Bong thinks Jay belongs all he simply needs to do is nothing.

Jay not wishing to go confines in his coworker Matt at work who ends up saving him when Jay doesn't show up for work and wakes Jay up with a telephone call. Jay believes the telephone stopped whatever process Bong was using to teleport him, but he notices his painting was taken. Jay is grateful that Bong failed all thanks to making friends with Matt.

Appearing in "Something Waits for Me!"

  • Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for "Something Waits for Me!"

Bob and Ted are government researchers who discover a fissure outside their laboratory. Bob lowers Ted down with a rope but Ted acts strangely when he climbs back up. Ted steals plans on what they are working on and makes his way back to the fissure. Bob seals the fissure with dynamite and Ted comes out of his trance.

Appearing in "No Answer"

Featured Characters:

  • John Burdock (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Bakor

Antagonists:

  • Mr. Petty

Other Characters:

  • Mrs. Burdock

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Items:

  • John Burdock's Space Transmitter

Synopsis for "No Answer"

A man thinks he is a failure because the machine he created to contact other worlds gets no response and his boss fires him. Unknown to him, his signal was detected by a far off planet, and because of him, they redirect their atomic weapons at another target for testing.

Appearing in "The Face in the Glass!"

  • Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for "The Face in the Glass!"

Humans make first contact with silent Martians but a breakthrough comes when Bill, disliked by the other spacemen for his buffoonery, gets the Martians to laugh.

Appearing in "Voodoo!"

Featured Characters:

  • Claude Carvel (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Devon Export-Import Company (First appearance)
    • Harold Webb (First appearance)
    • Monty Darrow (First appearance)
    • Harold Wadley (First appearance)
    • Ed Lawson (First appearance)
    • David Atkins (First appearance)
  • Jenkins (Claude's Butler) (Dream)
  • Imogene (Claude's Maid) (Dream)

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Synopsis for "Voodoo!"

A company employee dreams that he uses voodoo to eliminate his competition for promotion.

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