This blasted door is shut tight... and it's so heavy I can barely budge it! Ah I can feel it coming open! I can hardly wait to get my hands on Uncle Gideon's gold! 
- —Bert Rogan
Appearing in "The Lost City"
Reprint of the 2nd story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #17
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #17
Featured Characters:
- Rusty Pike (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Jimmy
Antagonists:
- Charro
Other Characters:
- United States Air Force
- Unnamed Major
- Lt. Bob Harper (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earthspace
- Earth
- United States of America
- "Black City"
- Atlantis (Referenced)
- Earth
- Heaven (Invoked)
- Earthspace
Synopsis for "The Lost City"
Reprint of the 2nd story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #17
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #17
A pilot finds himself in a lost city at the ocean floor while charting a hurricane where men have their mouths sewn shut in order to prevent them from telling the secret.
Appearing in "Harry's Hideout"
Reprint of the 4th story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #17
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #17
Featured Characters:
- Harry Ward (First appearance) (Apparent death)
Supporting Characters:
- Unnamed Old Man
Other Characters:
- Satan (Cat)
- Unidentified Police Department
- Unnamed Police Officer
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
- Time Capsule
Synopsis for "Harry's Hideout"
Reprint of the 4th story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #17
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #17
A murderer seeks a hiding place and unknowingly enters a time capsule.
Appearing in "The Man Who Melted"
Reprint of the 5th story from
Astonishing #36
Astonishing #36
Featured Characters:
- Joe Bolton (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Museum Employees
- Al
- Numerous unnamed employees
Antagonists:
- Jovians
- "Peking Man" (Thor)
- Three unnamed Jovians
Other Characters:
- Unidentified Fire Department
- Two unnamed firefighters
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Jovians
- Neanderthals (Referenced)
- Ducks
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Man Who Melted"
Reprint of the 5th story from
Astonishing #36
Astonishing #36
An alien from Jupiter dresses as a caveman in order to capture an Earth specimen in ice.
Appearing in "Uncle Gideon's Gold"
Reprint of the 5th story from
Marvel Tales #117
Marvel Tales #117
Featured Characters:
- Bert Rogan (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Gideon Rogan (First appearance; dies)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Synopsis for "Uncle Gideon's Gold"
Reprint of the 5th story from
Marvel Tales #117
Marvel Tales #117
An old man keeps his gold in a safe over a furnace. His nephew threatens to toss the old man into the furnace unless he provides the combination so he gives in, but the nephew kills him anyway. When he succeeds in opening the safe, the molten gold flows over him.
Appearing in "Mother Knows Best"
Reprint of the 5th story from
Mystic #23
Mystic #23
Featured Characters:
- Gloria
Supporting Characters:
- Gloria's Mother
- Janet
Other Characters:
- Norstad
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-53923
- Earthspace
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Vermont
- Mount Aeolus
- Vermont
- United States of America
- North America
- Moon
- Sun (Mentioned)
- Earth
- Heaven (Referenced)
- Earthspace
Synopsis for "Mother Knows Best"
Reprint of the 5th story from
Mystic #23
Mystic #23
A mother tells her daughter that the man in the moon causes the tides but her daughter doesn't believe her. Afterward, the moon gets destroyed by a comet impact and the seas grow calm. Years later, the little girl has grown to have a daughter of her own and she tries to convince her that there used to be a moon which caused the sea to swell. She is shocked when her skeptical daughter says to her "Oh mother, would you have believed a story like that if your mother had told it to you?"