- —Harry Long
Appearing in "Out of the Swamps!"
Featured Characters:
- Dr. Carl Mandel (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Numerous unnamed Lemur Squamata (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- Breck Hudson (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed Hudson henchmen (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Lemurs (Referenced)
- Slow Lorises (Referenced)
- Lizards (Referenced)
- Lemur Squamata (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth-Unknown (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Florida (Main story and flashback)
- Everglades (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Referenced)
- New York City (Referenced)
- Florida (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "Out of the Swamps!"
A scientist discovers a type of lemur living in the swamp that only lives for a week. He gets the idea to conduct an experiment in accelerated evolution and they produce wondrous discoveries which he shares with mankind. His contact with the outside world wants the power that such information would give him and so, after defeating the villain, the lemurs decide to return to the swamp where they will soon go back to their old ways of living.
Appearing in "The Frightened Man!"
Featured Characters:
- Franz Hyle
Supporting Characters:
- Minister of State Lauerbach
Antagonists:
- Professor Andrew Rolf
- Numerous unnamed citizens of Camilandt
Other Characters:
- Camilandt Army
- Unnamed Lieutenant
- Unnamed Captain
- General Nord Bauvin
- Numerous unnamed soldiers
- Camilandt Navy
- Numerous unnamed palace guards
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Plutonians (Mentioned)
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Frightened Man!"
A man disguises himself as an alien from Pluto to fool a paranoid dictator into imprisoning his entire cabinet on suspicion to treason so that the people can overthrow him.
Appearing in "She Came From Nowhere!"
Featured Characters:
- Harry Long
Supporting Characters:
- Princess Darla
Antagonists:
- Ornil Secret Police
- Two unnamed members
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Motorist
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Ornilians
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Earth
- United States of America
- Clarksville (Mentioned)
- Newtown (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Earth
- Ornil (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
- Harry's Car
Synopsis for "She Came From Nowhere!"
Harry Long picks up a beautiful female hitchhiker on his way to Newtown while she was on her way to Clarksville. Not long into their drive Harry notices that she isn't paying attention and that a car is following them. He pulls over and the men calling themselves police officers put them in the backseat of their car. Harry noticing they have the same accent as the woman and that she explained that they weren't police officers takes action and forces the car to swerve into a tree.
Harry and the woman escape into the nearby forest where she explains that she is Princess Darla from a parallel dimension called Ornil and that the men who are after her are secret police. Harry thinks she's crazy but ends up following her commands as she asks for his keys and leads the men away from the scene.
The men catch up to Harry and threaten him with their blaster for info on Darla but before they can really act on anything the men begin to fade. Harry realizes Darla was speaking the truth the entire time and is in an elated mood as he hitchhikes to Clarksville to meet with his Princess.
Appearing in "Beyond Belief!"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Unnamed Dog
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed citizens of Cape Cod
- Numerous unnamed citizens of Lakeville
- United States Government (Referenced)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Earth
- Massachusetts
- Cape Cod
- Lakeville
- Massachusetts
- Earth
- Heaven (Invoked)
Items:
- Gas X
Synopsis for "Beyond Belief!"
Jonathan Black, a scientist, develops a gas that suspends gravity and tests it out on a various houses before announcing his demands to the government. A stray dog jumps through an open window looking for a handout but the man shouts at it to get out. When it jumps back out the window it knocks over the entire canister of the gas sending the man's house into orbit.
Appearing in "Travelling Sam"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Two unnamed Indian brothers
Other Characters:
- Marco Polo (Referenced)
- Sam's landlady
Races and Species:
Locations:
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Long Island (Mentioned)
- Chicago, Illinois (Mentioned)
- New York
- India (Vision or hallucination)
- Ganges (Vision or hallucination)
- Mecca, Saudi Arabia (Vision or hallucination)
Synopsis for "Travelling Sam"
A bookkeeper gives up his fantasies of travel and goes back to handball after a strange encounter with two Indian magicians.
Appearing in "Planet of Doom"
Featured Characters:
- Markov
Antagonists:
- Yussovitch
- Lentov
Other Characters:
- Anna Kurlov
- Ivan Kurlov
- Numerous unnamed residents of Sirius 171
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Planet of Doom"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Girl Who Didn't Exist!"
Featured Characters:
- Caesar Augustus (Augie Walford)
Supporting Characters:
- Julius Caesar
- Claudia Caligara
Antagonists:
- Justinian
Other Characters:
- Professor Walter Haywood
- Numerous unnamed American University Students
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Girl Who Didn't Exist!"
An archeologist fancies the maiden statue that is uncovered among Roman ruins so much that he is drawn back in time to marry her and become the next Caesar.
Notes
- "Out of the Swamps!" is reprinted in Uncanny Tales (Vol. 2) #2.
- "The Frightened Man!" is reprinted in Dead of Night #2.
- "Beyond Belief!" is reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales #4.
- "The Girl Who Didn't Exist!" is reprinted in Dead of Night #2.