Item Biography
"I Was Captured by the Creature from Krogarr!"
Reprinted from Tales to Astonish (Vol 1) #25.
Joe Hanson was lazy, and it drove his wife mad. He wouldn't work or pay the bills, but one day as he watches TV, an alien scientist cuts into the signal and gives Joe directions for rewiring his TV set to turn it into a dimensional rift. The alien comes through, seizes Joe, and returns home to prove his new technology. The alien is of a cruel, conquering race, and Joe knows his goose is cooked, until he fades away and returns to Earth. There he finds his wife scolding him because the electricity was cut off for non-payment, saving Joe's life. 7 pages.
"First Moon-Walk"
Reprinted from Men's Adventure #26, originally titled "I Walked on the Moon", incorrectly attributed to Men's Adventure #24 in the reprint.
The secret story of two men who beat Neil Armstrong to his historic moon walk. A life-long obsession between rivals takes both men to the surface of the moon, where their incredible achievement is squandered by their hatred. 6 pages.
"The Mad Mountain!"
Reprinted from Venus #18.
An airliner crashes over the Rocky Mountains, and the passengers miraculously all survive. Venus is among the group, who find a hidden civilization of plant people. They are savagely attacked. Venus escapes, but the other passengers aren't so lucky, and when she is recovered by nearby townspeople and relates her tale, they tell her that the accident she describes took place some 20 years ago. 5 pages.