Item Biography
"Bring on the Bombu!"
After his humiliating defeat at the hands of Earthlings (Journey Into Mystery #60), Bombu must report back to his home planet and tell them that the herald of their invasion got spanked. Bombu's leader is resolute. He tells Bombu to dust himself off and get back into the fight. Bombu can't seem to get the kind of fear and respect that he feels he deserves, and it all goes rather poorly. 10 pages.
"The Return of Monstrollo, the Terror of Hollywood"
The movie producer who concocted the scheme to drive off the alien invaders by creating a special effects monster, Monstrollo (see Tales of Suspense #25) is down on his luck. Nobody will give him a break. He gets a lucky break when some aliens who benefited from his Monstrollo event come back to reward him. They bring Monstrollo to life...for real this time...and you should see what kind of respect you get with a 60-foot hairy agent. 9 pages.
"The Shadow of Manoo"
A woman out camping sees two alien spacecrafts in a dog-fight which ends in a crash landing. She approaches the remains of the pursuit vehicle, and talks to a dying alien. He gives her a ray gun, and tells her of the deadly, shape-shifting Manoo, who they had chased. She is filled with paranoia about the true identity of everyone she sees, until more aliens show up to tell her the alarming truth. 11 pages.
"Do Alien Invaders Walk Among Us?"
A narrator asks the question, wondering if we haven't already been taken over. 1 page.
"I Was Trapped by Titano, the Monster That Time Forgot!"
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Vol 1) #10.
The world is astir as the seas become agitated, and the sleeping Titano awakes. They send a nuclear sub against it, but nothing does any good. Ultimately, the monster gets trapped in a glacier while chasing a submarine. 7 pages.