Appearing in "He Took It With Him"
Featured Characters:
- Jeremiah Stone
Supporting Characters:
- Dr. Morrow
Other Characters:
- Jeremiah Stone's Nephew (Unnamed)
- Joe (Gravedigger)
- Gravedigger (Unnamed)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Jeremiah Stone's Burial Plot
- Potter's Field Cemetery
Synopsis for "He Took It With Him"
Jeremiah Stone, a miser, is given just months to live by a doctor. Caring only for his money Jeremiah creates a clever way into faking his death and use a secret tunnel underneath his mausoleum accessed by a coffin's hidden trapdoor. The plan is to sneak into the cave below where all of his money is buried, however because Jeremiah doesn't worries in paying his own burial and none of his family whishes to do it the old miser is instead buried alive in potter's field!
Appearing in "Machine Age"
Featured Characters:
- Human Civilization
Antagonists:
- Machines
Other Characters:
- Batok
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Machine Age"
Following an atomic war, the human survivors live underground, building machines to do their work for them. Years later, they return to the surface, leaving the machines behind, but the machines begin to think for themselves, and rise up to conquer the surface world.
Appearing in "The Thing That Walked"
Featured Characters:
- Blackie Nolan (Death)
- Jerry (Death)
Supporting Characters:
- Police
- Captain (Unnamed)
Antagonists:
- Metal Suit
Other Characters:
- National Bank Guard (Unnamed) (Death)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Pennsy Street
Synopsis for "The Thing That Walked"
Thief Black Nolan creates a robot suit and places his dwarf friend, Jerry, inside so they could make several robberies, after Jerry kills a guard they have a argument and the dwarf knocks Nolan out. He awakens several weeks later and finds the suit is making a series of attacks, Nolan volunteers to stop Jerry , but discovers to late the dwarf has already died locked inside the suit that is now moving by itself.
Appearing in "Sweet Death"
Adventures into Terror #13
(originally printed as Don't Try to Outsmart the Devil!)
Featured Characters:
- Mr. Murdock (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Igor
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Taxi Driver
- Death (Referenced)
- Carl (Only in flashback) (First appearance; dies)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- Murdock's Estate
- Underground Dungeon
- Vault
- Underground Dungeon
- Igor's Cottage
- Unidentified Cemetery
- Unidentified Workshop (Only in flashback)
- Unidentified Bridge (Only in flashback) (Destruction)
- Murdock's Estate
Vehicles:
- Taxi
Synopsis for "Sweet Death"
Adventures into Terror #13
(originally printed as Don't Try to Outsmart the Devil!)
An evil man makes a bargain with Satan that his heart will never stop beating so that he will live forever, but Satan merely arranges it so that his heart continues to beat after his body has rotted away.
Appearing in "The Death of Danny"
Featured Characters:
- Danny Denton (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- "Monster's Bride" (TV Projection)
Antagonists:
- "Frankenstein's Monster" (TV Projection)
Other Characters:
- Police
- Danny's Neighbor (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Danny Denton's House
Items:
- 3-D TV
Synopsis for "The Death of Danny"
A man's TV programs come through in 3-D which he takes advantage of to acquire possessions until he takes a woman from "The Monster Takes A Bride" and the monster comes out and kills him.
Appearing in "Midnight on Black Mountain"
Featured Characters:
- Paula Harper
Antagonists:
- Walter Mead (Demon)
Other Characters:
- Doctor (Unnamed)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Midnight on Black Mountain"
A woman with a terminal illness falls in love with a man named Walter who is indifferent to her. She offers him everything but he says he would never marry a witch. She denies being a witch and asks for a way to prove it. He tells her to go to Black Mountain where witches and demons hold a Black Sabbath. If they reject you, you're not a witch. She goes, and finds to her surprise, herself dancing with demons. A figure appears and proclaims he is her master and she was not a witch when she came to Black Mountain, but she is one now and will live forever with her malady. The figure is revealed to be Walter.
Notes
- "Machine Age" reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales #1
- "Midnight on Black Mountain" reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #1
- "The Death of Danny" Crypt of Shadows #2