Appearing in "The Secret of the Black Planet"
Tales of Suspense #28
Featured Characters:
- Bruno Brugg
Locations:
- Unnamed future reality
Synopsis for "The Secret of the Black Planet"
Tales of Suspense #28
A man escapes from a prison planet only to mistake a native creature on another world for a rocket ship and ends up devoured.
Appearing in "We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!"
Tales to Astonish #1
Featured Characters:
- Captain Kane (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Professor Briggs (First appearance)
- Doctor Parker (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Experimental Creatures (First appearance)
- Islanders (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed islanders
Other Characters:
- Captain Kane's Crew
- Simmons (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed crewmen
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- Unidentified Island
Items:
- Doctor Parker's Hormone Regulator Serum
Vehicles:
- Captain Kane's Ship (Destroyed)
Synopsis for "We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!"
Tales to Astonish #1
Captain Kane navigates his fishing vessel through the sea. His crew's fishing nets manage to ensnare a lobster nearly twelve-feet in length. Kane reports the phenomenon to one of his guests, Professor Briggs. This is the second of such bizarre creatures that the crew has discovered. As Kane goes into Briggs' cabin, he finds the Professor studying the remains of a four-foot starfish. Briggs is convinced that this strange mutated sea life is related to his old colleague Doctor Parker - a scientist who disappeared over a decade ago. Briggs has a copy of a map that Parker charted before he disappeared.
At the professor's request, Captain Kane sets a course for this mysterious hidden area of the sea. As they follow Parker's map, the ship collides with a giant green mountain that wasn't indicated on the chart. Kane and Briggs manage to rope together two oil barrels and use them as a flotation device, but the rest of the crew is lost.
The two men come to an island. They discover a tribe of natives surrounding a massive wooden barricade. In front of the barricade is Doctor Parker tied to a post. The natives capture Kane and Briggs and secure them as well. Parker tells them that he has been experimenting with a hormone regulator serum. He tested the serum on several specimens, but could not control the animals' growth. The product of Parker's work makes its presence known as a giant snapping turtle bursts through the outer side of the barricade. This is Experiment 247. As natives flee in terror, the three men manage to free themselves and make for an inlet where Doctor Parker has a motor launch secured. Parker tells them that Experiment 247 is actually the second of such trials he has conducted. The original project, Experiment XYZ, was conducted years earlier. Kane and Briggs soon realize that Experiment XYZ is actually an even larger turtle, and was also the "mountain" responsible for scuttling Kane's ship. The massive creature is too large to even notice the three men, who safely race away.
Appearing in "The Heat's On"
Tales to Astonish #1
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "The Heat's On"
Tales to Astonish #1
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "She Came From Nowhere!"
Uncanny Tales #44
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!"
Uncanny Tales #44
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.
Notes
- Cover art
- reprinted from Tales to Astonish #1 with the monster redrawn by Romita.
- inks by Klein or Rule