Appearing in "Of Monsters and Men!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Vivian Schist (First appearance) (Franklin's widow)
- Carolyn Schist (First appearance) (Franklin and Vivian's daughter)
- Dr. Dane Gavin (First appearance) (biologist, New York Ecological History Museum)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Florida police officer
- Franklin Armstrong Schist (Only in flashback)
- Stark Industries technicians
- Dr. Graham and unnamed scientists.
- Unnamed reporters
- Fantastic Four
- New York Ecological History Museum board of trustees
- ⏴ Tony Stark ⏵
- Unnamed museum guards
- Jeff & Beth
- NYPD
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- Florida
- New York City, New York
- Manhattan
- New York Ecological History Museum
- Columbus Circle
- United States of America
Synopsis for "Of Monsters and Men!"
When the wife of the late F. A. Schist, Vivian and her daughter Carolyn travel to the site of his failed construction site to try and learn of his fate, they along with the Citrusville sheriff are attacked by the Man-Thing. Fleeing, Vivian believes that the Man-Thing had something to do with her husbands disappearance and vows to have the creature captured. She hires a team to capture the beast, led by Dr. Dane Gavin, they succeed in capturing the Man-Thing in an electrified sphere that incapacitates the muck-monster. They then decide to put it on display in New York as part of an exhibit.
There, the muck-monster breaks loose, and not even the intervention of Mister Fantastic of the Fantastic Four is able to stop the creatures rampage. When they find that the Man-Thing is dying because it has been taken out of it's natural habitat, Carolyn -- realizing that the Man-Thing is no killer -- convinces her mother to have the muck-monster returned to it's home. Returning it to the Florida, Everglades, Dane decides that he will unlock the secrets of the muck-monster, but will do so in it's natural habitat.
Appearing in "Goom! The Thing from Planet X! Part 1 / Goom Part 2"
Tales of Suspense #15
Featured Characters:
- Mark Langley (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Helen Langley (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Goom (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed statesmen
- Numerous unnamed aliens from Planet X
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Goom's Neutron Ray Gun
- Goom's Time Machine
Vehicles:
- Goom's Spacecraft
Synopsis for "Goom! The Thing from Planet X! Part 1 / Goom Part 2"
Tales of Suspense #15
The scientist hero of this story gives the same speech at the end as Reed Richards does in Fantastic Four #24. After attracting the hostile attention of Goom of Planet X, he realizes that any civilization possessing such advanced technology must be benevolent and that his radar transmissions must have been intercepted by a criminal. He rebroadcasts to Planet X, and the Earth officials plan to execute him as a traitor for summoning a full invasion fleet from Planet X, when the representatives from Planet X arrive and stop the execution and take Goom into their custody and leave the planet.
Appearing in "He Stalks By Night!"
Strange Tales #51
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "He Stalks By Night!"
Strange Tales #51
A planter in India is nearly convinced of superstitions concerning were-tigers after he slays its mate, but it turns out to be a plot by one of the locals to seize control of the village.
Appearing in "I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!"
Tales to Astonish #15
Featured Characters:
- Derek
Supporting Characters:
- John (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Martians
- Uxmal
- Antogg
- Numerous unnamed Martians
Other Characters:
- Monga
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Martian Medallion
Vehicles:
- Martian Spaceship
Synopsis for "I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!"
Tales to Astonish #15
A hunter searching for the Elephant's Graveyard discovers that Martians have been using the Earth to farm ivory since they introduced mastodons to the planet in ages past.
Notes
- "The Blip" was originally printed in Tales to Astonish Vol 1 15. The story was originally titled "I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip!"
- The editor's note for "He Stalks By Night" claims it was originally presented in "Tales to Astound You Vol 1 7", referring to the first issue ("7" likely a typo for "1") of a series that was cancelled before publication in 1956. The prepared stories for Tales to Astound You Vol 1 1, including "He Stalks By Night", appeared in Strange Tales Vol 1 51 instead.[1]
- "I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!" was originally printed in Tales to Astonish Vol 1 15.
- Iron Man appears as Tony Stark only in this issue.
Trivia
- The tagline for this issue is "The Monster Runs Wild!"