Journey Into Mystery Vol 2 5

Appearing in "The Shadow from the Steeple"

Featured Characters:

• Edmund Fiske (First appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

• Jonas Gores (First appearance)
• Robert Blake (Only in flashback) (Death)
• Howard Phillips (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)

Antagonists:

• Panthers
• Dr. Dexter (Possessed by Nyarlathotep) (Main story and flashback)
• The Haunter of the Dark (Nyarlathotep) (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

• Starry Wisdom Cult (Only in flashback)
• Pharaoh Nephren-Ka (Only in flashback) (Sarcophagus only)
• Bascom (Dr. Dexter's Butler) (First appearance)

Races and Species:

• Panthers
• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Other Gods (Main story and flashback)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • United States of America (Main story and flashback)
    • Rhode Island (Main story and flashback)
      • Providence (Main story and flashback)
        • Federal Hill (Main story and flashback)
          • Old Church (Main story and flashback)
      • Narragansett Bay (Only in flashback)
    • Milwaukee (Mentioned)

Items:

• Church's records coded in Aklo language (Only in flashback)
• Shining Trapezohedron (Only in flashback)

Synopsis for "The Shadow from the Steeple"

This story extends the events from last issue's "Haunter of the Dark" describing how the entity of the Shining Trapezohedron possesses a human body in order to build weapons of mass destruction. Based on the story by Robert Bloch, who wrote the story in response to H.P. Lovecraft's "The Haunter of the Dark" (which, in turn, was in response to Bloch's "Shambler from the Stars").

Appearing in "For Love of Money"

Featured Characters:

• Lyle Kant (First appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

• Melissa Von Strom-Kant (First appearance)
• Brill (First appearance)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Von Strom House

Synopsis for "For Love of Money"

A man marries into a family that is cursed with a mansion that requires human sacrifices. In return, it provides the females with youth, beauty and wealth with which to lure in more males.

Appearing in "An Invasion of Privacy"

Featured Characters:

• Martin Xavier (First appearance; dies)

Supporting Characters:

• Dogs
• Stella Xavier (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Police

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Dogs
• Demons (Referenced)

Locations:

• Xavier house
• Hell (Referenced)
• Quicksand

Synopsis for "An Invasion of Privacy"

A mad scientist transplants his wife's brain into the body of one of his killer dogs to keep her from informing the police that the animals have killed three people who ventured onto the grounds. She guides the other animals into killing her husband.

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