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Robert

Appearing in "The Shambler from the Stars!"

Featured Characters:

  • Robert (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

  • Bronson (First appearance)
  • Reclusive Scholar (Unnamed) (Only in flashback) (First appearance; dies)

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Other Characters:

Races and Species:

  • Humans (Main story and flashback)
  • Demons (Vision or hallucination)
  • Gods
    • Olden Gods (Mentioned)

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Synopsis for "The Shambler from the Stars!"

A man finds a copy of an occult book which allows him and a fellow occultist to summon the Shambler from the Stars. It kills the one who read the summoning, but the man burns the book and the house down. The police arrest him and charge him with murder but he tells his lawyer that he knows that the Shambler will come for him in jail. This is the first in an unofficial trilogy - the second installment being "The Haunter of the Dark" (written by H.P. Lovecraft, adapted in the next issue) and rounded out by "The Shadow in the Steeple" (adapted in issue #5), also by Robert Bloch.

Appearing in "Revenge From the Rhine!"

Featured Characters:

  • Count Graf Horst von Angst (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

  • Central Empires
    • German Air Force (Only in flashback)
      • Kurt Klein (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
      • Schultz (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)
  • Allies (Main story and flashback)
    • French Air Force (Only in flashback)
    • French Airman (Unnamed) (Main story and flashback) (First appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

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Locations:

Items:

  • French Airman's Identification Tag
  • Blue Max (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

  • Kptn. Horst von Angst's biplane

Events:

Synopsis for "Revenge From the Rhine!"

A WWI fighter pilot wants his Blue Max medal so he shoots down a French pilot after peace has been declared. His two wingmen testify against his foul deed and so he catches up with them later and kills them as well. Years later, the three ghosts return and have their revenge.

Appearing in "Genius"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Menace #4
(originally printed as Genius!)

Featured Characters:

  • Gerald Morsden (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

  • Mr. Morsden (Gerald's father) (Main story and flashback)
  • Marie Morsden (Gerald's mother) (Only in flashback) (Death)

Antagonists:

  • Unnamed Saturnian

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Therapist (Only in flashback)

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Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Gerald Morsden's Rocket

Synopsis for "Genius"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Menace #4
(originally printed as Genius!)

A super intellect grows tired among life on Earth as mere humans are like children to him when he receives a telepathic message from what appears to be a beautiful woman on Saturn imploring him to build a rocket to journey to her. He does so, but when he arrives she removes her mask to kiss him, revealing herself to be a hideous hag.

Solicit Synopsis

"The Shadow on the Steeple" — by master storyteller Robert Bloch! Plus two other dead-of-night shockers!

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