A UFO crashes
to Earth but the Air Force is unable to locate it. Joe Harper, a small-town
electrician, is out driving when he sees a giant orange creature lying in the
swamp, which he dubs the Hulk. He brings it home to his workshop where he hooks
it up to electrical apparatus which brings the Hulk to consciousness. It gives
its name as Xemnu and explains how he lived on a world with a multitude of
other creatures and one day he hijacked a supply ship and its power ran out
near Earth and it crashed into the swamp. Joe figures out that Xemnu is a
criminal who escaped from a prison planet but it’s too late, Xemnu hypnotizes
Joe into believing Xemnu the Hulk is mankind’s benefactor who must be obeyed.
Xemnu brings Joe out of the trance so he can explain its nefarious scheme.
Xemnu intends to hypnotize the entire world to build him a massive spaceship to
cross the universe, a ship so powerful that it will destroy Earth in its
takeoff. And so Xemnu the Living Hulk does exactly that: he hypnotizes the
world and has them build a giant spaceship. Joe pleads for mercy but is denied.
Joe has an idea and goes aboard the ship and manipulates some wires. When the
Hulk starts the engine, there is a short circuit, sending electrical current
through the monster and paralyzing him. Joe then sends the ship off at a
harmless fraction of the power so that Earth is spared. Joe tries to tell his
wife about it but she doesn’t believe him. When the news reports that a
mysterious satellite is now orbiting the sun, only Joe Harper knows what it is!
Story #2There Is a Brain Behind the Fangs!
Writer:
Stan Lee. Penciler/Inker:
Don Heck. Colorist:
Stan Goldberg. Letterer:
Ray Holloway.
Synopsis
Synopsis: A
fellow on his way to the dentist ends up in the wrong place where he is
mistaken for a volunteer in an experimental spaceship. He goes to another
planet, plants a flag, and returns home to be hailed as a hero. And looking
back, he’s happy that his own mission was accomplished, having lost his aching
tooth on the flight!
Story #3I Can't Escape from the Creeping Things!
Writer:
. Penciler/Inker:
Steve Ditko. Colorist:
Stan Goldberg. Letterer:
Art Simek.
Synopsis
Synopsis: A man
believes that dogs have evolved a greater intelligence and are hiding it in a
plot to rise up and enslave the humans. He takes his dog to a friend who
hypnotizes Laddie to try to reveal its intelligence but the dog just behaves
like a dog. The men are relieved but are not aware that the dog is under the
spell of a stronger hypnotist: the cat!
Story #4I Can’t Escape from the Creeping Things!
Writer:
Unknown. Penciler/Inker:
Steve Ditko. Colorist:
Stan Goldberg. Letterer:
Art Simek.
Synopsis
Synopsis: A
hardhearted moneylender buys a mansion in a remote part of Europe and decides
to cut down the giant tree on the property. The locals warn him that there’s a
curse on the tree. After cutting it he discovers the tendrils of the tree
pursuing him through the house, stopping only because the dawn has come. The
man awakens, thinking it was a dream…until he sees a tendril stuck in a door
still reaching for him. He repents of his evil and returns to the USA to make
amends!