Appearing in "Chapter 1 - The Thing Called... It! / Chapter 2 - "It" Lives!"
Strange Tales #82
Featured Characters:
- It (First appearance) (Possesses the body of Professor Heinrich Munch)
Antagonists:
- Professor Heinrich Munch (Apparent death)
Other Characters:
- Fedor Slovkov (Mentioned)
- Carl (Named only)
- Numerous unnamed villagers
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earthspace
- Nether World (Referenced)
- Heaven (Invoked)
Synopsis for "Chapter 1 - The Thing Called... It! / Chapter 2 - "It" Lives!"
Strange Tales #82
A European mad scientist in a castle creates a monster to destroy a rival, but fails to animate the creature, and so disposes of it in the quicksand bog below the window. The quicksand supplies the missing ingredient and the creature returns to its creator, but it has been given a sense of morality with its life, and so refuses the evil request to kill. The scientist attempts to blow it up but instead falls to his death from the ramparts. The creature vows it would live a just life if it could have a human body and a bolt from the heavens transfers its life essence into the body of its creator.
Appearing in "The Man from Mars!"
Journey Into Mystery #68
Featured Characters:
- Joe Krunk (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Martian Hunter (Luxurr) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- Krunk's Carnival
- "Skid Row"
- United States of America
- Mars
- Interplanetary Zoo
Synopsis for "The Man from Mars!"
Journey Into Mystery #68
A greedy carnival owner takes advantage of a man with amnesia to work his "Creature From Mars" attraction. After the man asks for some money to buy medicine the carnival owner, Joe Krunk strikes him for attempting to take the money which triggers the man's memory. In an instant the man transports the despicable man to Mars where he informs the Krunk that he was a Martian Hunter that goes to different planets collecting exhibits for their Martian Interplanetary Zoo.
Appearing in "Terror of the Pterodactyl!"
Featured Characters:
- Thomas
- Henry
Antagonists:
- Pterodactyls
Other Characters:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Terror of the Pterodactyl!"
While digging a new New York-New Jersey commuter tunnel, workers uncover the bones of a pterodactyl. The skeleton is 10 times larger than any other on record, failing to even fit inside the museum's lab. As as result, they put the specimen together at the Lunar Research Center of NASA. When an explosion in lab occurs due to experiments involving gasses from moon rocks, the skeleton is somehow brought back to life as a full fledged Pterodactyl which terrorizes the city. After going on a rampage and causing much destruction, the giant dinosaur sees its reflection in a huge mirror. It flies straight into it, killing itself in the process. The scientists come to the conclusion that the monster was lonely, looking for others of its kind.