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Quote1 All this has taught me a lesson-- we must never rely too completely on machines! We must rely more on ourselves! For it is only man who has a conscience! Only man who can be trusted to know right from wrong! Quote2
Professor Jonas Weems

Appearing in "Only Twelve of Us May Live!"

Featured Characters:

  • Sfeen

Supporting Characters:

  • Canopus Minor World Council
    • Unnamed President
    • Councilman Makka
    • Numerous unnamed members
  • Urbaam

Other Characters:

  • Numerous unnamed inhabitants of Canopus Minor

Races and Species:

Locations:

  • Unidentified Galaxy
    • Unidentified Star System
      • Canopus Minor (First appearance) (Apparent destruction)
      • Unidentified Planet (Apparent destruction)

Items:

  • Sfeen's Electromagnetic Ray

Vehicles:

  • Spacecraft

Synopsis for "Only Twelve of Us May Live!"

After a rogue planet threatens to destroy an alien planet a scientist creates a shrinking ray so all their inhabitants could embark the only available ship.

Appearing in "The Spirit"

Reprint of the 3rd story from
Astonishing #49

Synopsis for "The Spirit"

Reprint of the 3rd story from
Astonishing #49
  • Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Beware of Tomorrow!"

Featured Characters:

  • Mike Wells

Supporting Characters:

  • Stranger

Other Characters:

  • Unidentified Police Station
    • Unnamed Sergeant
    • Unnamed Police Officer
  • World News
    • Unnamed Editor
    • Joe
  • United States Army
    • Unnamed Colonel

Races and Species:

Locations:

Items:

  • Mechanical Mole

Synopsis for "Beware of Tomorrow!"

A time traveler attempts to give three warnings of impending disasters to people in the past, but he is scorned and ridiculed every time. He returns to the future telling the one newsreporter that was willing to listen to him that the past cannot be changed in any way or there will be no future.

Appearing in "The Stranger in Space!"

Featured Characters:

  • Frank Mason (Past)

Supporting Characters:

  • Frank Mason (Future)

Races and Species:

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • X-671

Synopsis for "The Stranger in Space!"

A astronaut enters a time warp and ends up meeting his own self from the future.

Appearing in "Shadows in the Night!"

Featured Characters:

  • Elias Burbank

Supporting Characters:

  • Excelsior Soap Corporation
    • Two unnamed employees

Races and Species:

  • Unidentified alien species

Locations:

  • Unidentified Dimension
  • Earth (Mentioned)

Items:

  • Elias Burbank's Transporting Machine

Synopsis for "Shadows in the Night!"

A scientist tries to prove his theory that there is an invisible world of people existing alongside us. But after he's even unable to send himself there the scientist gives up reaching that world...Earth!

Appearing in "He Made the Machines Go Mad!"

Featured Characters:

  • Professor Jonas Weems

Antagonists:

  • XTT-4

Races and Species:

Locations:

Items:

  • Impulse Tracer

Synopsis for "He Made the Machines Go Mad!"

An evil humanoid robot tries to use his powers to make all world machines go mad in order to become a dictator. However his creator tracks him down and is able to destroy the robot.

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