World of Mystery #4

(December 1956)

The Things in the Window (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Werner Roth

Inks

Werner Roth

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-829

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cal (second name unknown); an unnamed woman; an unnamed real estate agent; some other dimensional beings

Synopsis

Cal rents a isolated house whose former tenant, a young woman, mysteriously disappeared. He discovers that one of the house's windows lets no light into the property. Climbing through it, he enters a strange other dimension, where he finds the former tenant, and helps her escape back to their own dimension, evading some mist-like creatures. Once back in their own world, Cal smashes the window, destroying the gateway.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #76, #137 ([circa 1973 - 1974]), #168 ([circa 1977 - 1978])

Indexer Notes

Roth art per Dr. Michael J. Vassallo.

The Forbidden Land (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-840

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

J. M. Evans (a pilot at World View magazine); Clyde Hover (a photographer at World View magazine); Roger Wayne (a writer at World View magazine); A tribe of Peruvian Indians (including King Tohotal); Bill Hopkins (an editor at World View magazine)

Synopsis

World View magazine sends a team to watch an ancient ritual performed by a tribe of Peruvian Indians. The men observe the sacred rites, despite the Indians attempts to stop them. However, when they return to the magazine's offices they find that all was not what it seemed.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #76, #137 ([circa 1973 - 1974]), #168 ([circa 1977 - 1978])

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

Let the Creature Beware! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Bob Powell (signed)

Inks

Bob Powell ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-702

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Judd Kerr; the inhabitants of the town of Keysville (including the Curvolot Family); the inhabitants of the town of Abbyville (including Hermit Eb)

Synopsis

Conman Judd Kerr gets more than he bargained for when he tries to part the inhabitants of Abbyville by claiming that an alien is living in their midst.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #76, #137 ([circa 1973 - 1974]), #168 ([circa 1977 - 1978])

Keywords

anti-bigotry

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

The Dreadful Dream (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Manny Stallman

Inks

Manny Stallman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K826

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Frank Beech; Madge Beech; Charley (a commuter on the same train that Frank Beech uses to get to work - seen only in a dream)

Synopsis

Frank Beech wakes from a dream in which he is involved in a train wreck. En route to work the next morning, his dream comes true - and then he wakes up. It was a dream within a dream. He decides not to tempt fate by going into work that day.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #76
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #127 ([circa 1972 - 1973]), #198 ([circa 1982 - 1983])

Keywords

Tuxedo Junction train station

Indexer Notes

Stallman art per Dr. Michael J. Vassallo.

Secrets from Space (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Romita (illustration)

Inks

John Romita (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

G-808

Genre

detective-mystery

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #27 (October 1955) [as "The Expert"]

The Man with Yellow Eyes (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Ayers (signed)

Inks

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Ayers (signed)

Job Number

K-177

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Lee Forest (a soldier nick-named "Yellow Eyes"); the unnamed narrator of the story (a fellow soldier); other members of their platoon (including Charley); a jungle guide

Synopsis

Sgt. Lee Forest, nick-named 'Yellow Eyes' by the other members of his platoon, is a giant of a man, with an almost cat-like way of moving. Serving in Africa during World War II, his life is saved by another member of the platoon. Both men go their separate ways after the war, though both remain in Africa. When his savior is attacked by a lion, Forest emerges from the jungle and calls it off. His debt repayed, 'Yellow Eyes' returns to his true home - the depths of the jungle.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #76
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #94 ([circa 1973 - 1974]), #126 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #159 ([circa 1982 - 1983])

What Happened in the Basement? (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mac L. Pakula (signed)

Inks

Mac L. Pakula (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-848

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

John Winters (a would-be inventor); his wife Madge and two unnamed sons; citizens of the year 2496 AD

Synopsis

When a freak accident transports John Winters 550 years into the future, he is arrested as an alien spy. Given ten minutes to prove his innocence, he is saved when one of his sons enters the basement and switches off Winters' "accidental time machine", thus bringing the inventor back to his own time.

Reprints

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #34 (1968 ?) [Black and white.], #97 ([circa 1973 - 1974]), #127 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #157 ([circa 1981 - 1982])