Dates
- Cover date
- December 1951
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Thing That Grew! · 5 pages
Professor Borglum creates a new life when his blood is accidentally mixed with an experiment. When it continues to grow and kill people for their blood he tries to find a way to kill it.
- Moon Madness · 2 pages
An astronaut lands on the Moon and encounters other humans who have landed there before him. They have thrived on the Moon for 500 years building their own cities, farms etc. They are trapped there and can't leave due to the immense gravity. The astronaut will have to share their fate since he is informed an upcoming Moonquake (which occurs every 500 years) is set to destroy their civilization!
- Going... Down! · 3 pages
The elevator operator of a hotel considers committing a theft until he dreams of going to Hell.
- The Two Were Alone! · 3 pages
A man becomes a victim of a cross-dressing serial killer.
- Where Monsters Dwell · 6 pages
A scientist uses a projector that banishes people he dislikes to another world. A light indicates where the beam connects both worlds and one of the men returns. He shoves the scientist through the aperture where he is killed by the natives. Other victims rush forward hoping to escape but the man switches off the device. The story ends with the man uncertain what to do: turn the beam on and rescue the other victims which might allow the attackers to pour through, or shut it off and condemn them to die. He addresses the reader directly, asking "What would you do?"
- Joe… · 6 pages
A man starts a gag that he has an invisible goon that takes care of his grudges for him, but soon the 'coincidences' rack up...
Reprinted in
Atlas Comics Library (2023), Crypt of Shadows (1973), Vault of Evil (1973), Basil Wolverton's Gateway to Horror (1988), Curse of the Weird (1993), The Life and Comics of Basil Wolverton (2014), Marvel and Fantagraphics Present Stories from the Atlas Comics Library: FCBD 2024 (2024)