Item Biography
"Here Comes...Thorg the Unbelievable"
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Vol 1) #16, originally titled "Here Comes...Thorr the Unbelievable"
An anthropologist studies the Easter Island statues, and uncovers a hidden control room. It is ancient, yet its technology is advanced, and he accidentally sets off a signal that awakens Thorg, one of the figures that is actually buried neck-deep in the island. Thorg activates his comrades, and they are set to conquer the Earth. Only quick thinking by the anthropologist thwarts doomsday. 7 pages.
"I Am the Victim of the Sorcerer!"
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Vol 1) #16.
A man runs through the fog, a victim of amnesia, but sure that something evil pursues him. He is drawn irresistibly to a building, and senses that it is his fate for his act of betrayal. The building is a museum, and once in front of a painting, he becomes part of it. The painting is entitled 'The Sorcerer's Betrayer.' 5 pages.
"Save Me from the Mole Men!"
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Vol 1) #16.
A cruel prize fighter wishes he could fight in the higher weight categories, where the prize money is better. His trainer tells him of an experimental pill that will do the trick. He steal some, but they make him so heavy he sinks through the ground into a cavern. There, he is confronted with subterraneans who are bigger than him who beat him for fun. 5 pages.
"I Live Again!"
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Vol 1) #8.
The Thing from Bald Mountain returns, the plunge from the castle not enough to destroy it. The creature rampages, then hides to plot its next move, inadvertently in the hold of a rocket that is launched to the far reaches of the Universe. 5 pages.