Appearing in "The Ghoul"
Featured Characters:
- Bosco Channey (Apparent death)
Supporting Characters:
- Unidentified Police Department
- Bob
- Joe
Antagonists:
- Unnamed "Ghoul"
Other Characters:
- Homer Parson (Named only)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Bosco Channey's Shiv
Synopsis for "The Ghoul"
A murderer attempting to hide in a cemetery is picked up by a couple of troopers on suspicion of being a ghoul. He eludes them and takes refuge in a swamp shack where he is attacked by the ghoul the police were on the lookout for.
Appearing in "Back from the Dead"
Tales of Suspense #28
(originally printed as Titan, the Amphibian from Atlantis!)
Featured Characters:
- John Cartwright (First appearance; dies)
Antagonists:
- Titan (First appearance) (a monster from Atlantis)
Locations:
Synopsis for "Back from the Dead"
Tales of Suspense #28
(originally printed as Titan, the Amphibian from Atlantis!)
A monstrous representative from Atlantis visits the surface world with an offer of wealth for a human traitor that will inform Atlantis of human defenses in preparation for their coming attack. The wealthy industrialist John Cartwright agrees to the offer, and Titan stipulates if the information does not help in our conquest, his reward shall be death. The industrialist agrees to the terms. All of mankind grows to loathe the name of the human traitor and every nation bands together in preparation for the Atlantean attack. It never comes, for unknown to everyone, when Titan transports the man back to Atlantis he gives the king a line of total BS about humans possessing shrinking rays and anti-gravity guns that could defeat any possible invasion. The awestruck king asks Titan if this could possibly be true and Titan answers that it must be, for he knows that if his information does not help us, it means his death. Titan slays the man who bravely accepts his fate, sacrificing himself for the human populace that hates his memory.
Appearing in "Torture Room"
Featured Characters:
- Larry Siodmak (Death)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Brain (First appearance)
- Fritz Ganz
- Nazi Party (Mentioned)
Locations:
Events:
- World War II (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Torture Room"
Following the end of World War II, brilliant Nazi scientist Dr. Otto von Schmittsder, now facing a war crimes trial, meets with his assistant Fritz. He tells Fritz that he has come up with more devastating weapons and wishes to have his mind preserved so that he can continue his work. He tells Fritz that he has discovered that the human brain continues to live 24 hours after death and that he has developed a device, an Electro Brain Magnet, to restore a human brain to life. He then orders Fritz to sever his head after he is executed and restore it with the Electro Brain Magnet within 24 hours.
Sure enough, when Von Schmittsder is brought to trial, he is found guilty and sentenced to hang. After the execution, Fritz digs up Von Schmittsder's body and severs the head, bringing it back to the lab within Von Schmittsder's lab. There the Electro Brain Magnet brings Otto back to life. Now calling himself the brain and endowed with telepathic powers and limited motion, the Brain orders Fritz to leave him in the castle until he can find a suitable host to take control of and use for his world domination plans.
Setting himself up on a pedestal, the Brain waits until his castle is visited by two American soldiers who are a day away from being sent back home to the United States. The Brain overhears that one of the soldiers, named Frank, is returning home to continue his career in science and deems Fred the ideal candidate to turn into his slave. The Brain uses his mental powers to put Fred under his control and orders him to go AWOL and return to his castle later. When Fred complies, the Brain then shows him where a secret cache of jewels are hidden in his castle so that he can purchase new equipment that was confiscated or destroyed by the Allies.
Soon Fred, now completely under the Brain's control, is seeking world domination and creating a bacterial bomb to use in order to amass followers. When the weapon is complete, Fred is then sent out to rent a plane and test it on unsuspecting victims. When Fred returns successful, the Brain then begins to plot getting a legion of followers when suddenly they are interrupted by the arrival of Fred's military buddy who had not given up the search for his friend. The Brain orders Fred to shoot his friend, however Fred cannot bring himself to kill someone he cares about and fights the Brain's influence. Unable to stop himself, Fred instead turns the gun on himself. Fatally shot, Fred tries to tell his friend what happened but dies before he can fully explain himself. Meanwhile, the Brain manages to slip away vowing to continue his plans for world domination.
Appearing in "Werewolf"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Hooded Bigots
- Rocky
- Pete
Other Characters:
- Gonzales
- Luigi
- Reilly
- Pat (Police officer)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Werewolf"
After losing his job, Jim Horton organizes a gang that wears black hoods to beat and rob anyone he considers "foreign," but his bigotry leads to his death.
Notes
- Back from the Dead was plotted by Larry Lieber and Stan Lee, while script was written by Lieber.