Hank Pym
learns that top scientists have been vanishing mysteriously so he assumes he is
on the list. He’s right: a man claiming to be a window washer gains entrance to
his lab, douses Hank with a liquid that paralyzes him, then they take a trip
together to another dimension where Hank is delivered to a green-skinned tyrant
named Kulla. Kulla has been kidnapping scientists to build him an electro-death
ray so he can destroy the revolutionaries besieging his fortress. Hank insults
Kulla and is immediately tossed in the dungeon where he can change into Ant-Man
secretly. He is attacked by a swarm of that world’s insects until he is able to
adjust the frequency on his cybernetic helmet and command them. Walking out
under the cell door, Ant-Man breaks an electric eye beam, setting off an alarm.
A guard steps on him but the tiny hero is able to fit between the ridges on the
boot sole; he then cuts a hole in the boot and hides. When he leaves the sole,
he escapes the guards and hides in a scientist’s pocket. When he emerges he is
doused with the paralyzing liquid again and immobilized. Kulla makes to squish
him with a hammer but the local insects, earlier commanded by Ant-Man, fire the
death ray, killing Kulla. Without his leadership, the guards surrender to the
rebels. The window washer arrives with another kidnapped scientist and he is
imprisoned by the rebels. Hank is “released” from the dungeon and all the
missing scientists are returned to their proper dimension, wondering how
Ant-Man was able to come to their rescue.
“Tricky
Travel”
Writer:
Unknown. Art: Unknown.
Synopsis: A
travels agent’s dreams literally transport him to foreign places; eventually he
outgrows it but his children inherit the ability!
“When the
Beast Walks!”
Writer:
Larry Lieber. Plot: Stan Lee. Art: Joe Sinnott. Colors: Stan Goldberg. Letters:
Artie Simek.
Synopsis:
Shorty Harris, an animal-loving reporter, goes to Africa where he sees hunters
capturing a giant four-armed ape. He helps it escape and later, when he is a
prisoner of evil natives and a wicked American hunter, he is rescued by the
Beast who reveals he is an alien visitor bearing the message that Earth will be
contacted by other races after they have matured a bit and to prove his
message, he causes Shorty to grow several inches before leaving for home!
“The Curse!”
Writer:
Stan Lee. Art: Steve Ditko. Colors: Stan Goldberg. Letters: Artie Simek.
Synopsis: A
Latin American dictator seizes a treasure chest full of gold discovered by the
peasants, claiming it is the cursed gold of a pirate called the Vulture and
that he will dump it in the ocean. It turns out that there really is a pirate
called the Vulture who did curse this treasure—and it falls on the dictator
whose ship is destroyed at sea!