Adventures into Weird Worlds #14

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Horror on Haunted Hill!

Wilbur Collins is a caretaker who witnesses a spacecraft fly over and into the cemetery he's tending to. Upon reaching the scene where he saw the spaceship he finds it has already departed. Soon after he is surprised to hear he wasn't alone at the scene like he thought and is badly injured and left for dead by the alien who informs Wilbur that he was exiled to Earth for committing crimes on Saturn.

At dawn Wilbur makes his way to the road where he meets with the police and retells his story where in his attacker was on the hill and from space. Before he could fully clarify what he had seen Wilbur dies from his injuries. The police Captain and an officer investigate the hill but see nothing except a lone dying tree. They assume Wilbur was beaten by some homeless and that the story about invaders from space was due to a head wound. Even so the story spread and the hill soon became known as Haunted Hill and no one would dare enter the area.

A crook named Grezno took advantage of what he thought were stories and decided to hide out on the hill from law enforcement. While on the hill to Grezno's surprise he was attacked by the tree who identified himself as the alien. In the midst of their struggle lightning strikes the tree and kills both Grezno and the alien. When police investigate the scene they chalk up Wilbur's death to Grezno and that Grezno himself died by the tree getting struck by lightning.

A similar story called "Midnight on Haunted Hill" is told in Tales to Astonish Vol 1 28.

| StoryTitle2 = Forever is a Long Time! | Writer2_1 = N/A | Penciler2_1 = Larry Woromay | Inker2_1 = Larry Woromay | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = N/A | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Paul Burk)

**Antagonists:** * Genie of Barku

**Races and Species:** * Humans) * Genie) **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America

| Synopsis2 = A penniless man by the name of Paul Burk is out looking through garbage to find enough money to buy a drink when he stumbles upon a bottle with a genie inside. Upon releasing the Genie it informs Paul that not only does it not want to grant him any wishes but instead wants to return to the bottle and the only way to do so is if Paul grants the genie permission.

Paul refuses to grant the genie his wish unless Paul receives three wishes. The genie accepts angerly and so Paul asks for three things: money, good looks, and everything he never got in life. Paul's wishes are granted and so the genie asks to be returned to the bottle. Paul not liking his attitude makes him lick his shoes before granting him permission to return to the bottle. The genie returns to the bottle but not before grasping Paul's leg and dragging him into the bottle with him for all eternity or unless Paul can get the genie's permission to leave.

A similar story called "The Genie with the Light Brown Hair" is told in Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 76.

| StoryTitle3 = A Shriek in the Night | Writer3_1 = Stan Lee | Penciler3_1 = John Tartaglione | Inker3_1 = John Tartaglione | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Unnamed Good Samaritan

**Antagonists:** * Unnamed Man * Unnamed Woman **Other Characters:** * Devil_(Earth-616)) **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America **** New York) ***** New York City ****** Central Park

| Synopsis3 = A man is sleeping on a park bench when he suddenly hears a scream. He sees a beautiful damsel running towards him in panic. She is being chased by a large man who seems bent on harming her. He struggles with the threatening man. The fight finally ends when the attacking man falls to the ground. The bewildered man turns to find the beautiful damsel but he quickly sees that she is turning into an ugly old hag who now begins to choke the life out of him.

| StoryTitle4 = The Inheritance | Writer4_1 = N/A | Penciler4_1 = N/A | Inker4_1 = N/A | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = Typeset | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Emery Jordan) (Theodore's Son) **Supporting Characters:** * Robert L. Parkhurst) (Lawyer) **Antagonists:** * Reva Jordan) (Theodore's Sister) * Conelius Jordan) (Theodore's Brother) **Other Characters:** * Unnamed Priest * Theodore Jordan) * Dr. Myra Watson) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Vultures) * Ghosts **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America **** Chesterton ***** Chester Hill ****** Unidentified Cemetery ***** Chesterton Scientific Institute **Items:** * Theodore Jordan's Serum X-L

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| StoryTitle5 = The Man Who Walked on Water! | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = Jay Scott Pike | Inker5_1 = Jay Scott Pike | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Joe Russo)

**Antagonists:** * Unnamed Man **Other Characters:** * Neptune) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Fish **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America **** Massachusetts) ***** Cape Cod

**Vehicles:** * Murky (Joe Russo's Boat)

| Synopsis5 = A man name Joe Russo is fishing on his boat when he spots a man walking on the waters surface. He approaches the walking man who seems to be in a daze. He inquires as to how the man is able to walk on water but the dazed man just tells him to go away and leave him alone. Russo concludes that he can make a fortune if he can discover how the man is achieving this impossible feat. He points a rifle at the man urging him to reveal his secret and the man relents. He takes Russo to the the bottom of the sea where he make him rub his body with coral and performs a ritual. In no time Russo gains the ability to breath underwater and he is also able to walk on the surface. Russo is rejoicing and begins to celebrate at his new found skill. He then walks towards the beach where he quickly begins to sink. The strange man tells him that he can now walk on water but on land he will drown.

| StoryTitle6 = The Man Who Steals Gravestones! | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = Sol Brodsky | Inker6_1 = Sol Brodsky | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = N/A | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Josiah Creech_(Earth-616))

**Antagonists:** * Unnamed Ghost

**Races and Species:** * Humans) * Bats) * Ghosts * Rats **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America

| Synopsis6 = A thief by the name of Josiah Creech routinely steals headstones from a nearby cemetery. He rubs them off and resells them at his shop in town. One day he receives a customer that is insistent on purchasing a headstone right away. He instructs Creech that the headstone must be delivered and installed that same night, money is no object. Creech happily installs the headstone knowing full well that he will come back later to remove it for resale. At one point he turns around and the customer is gone. Creech is outraged that his time has been wasted and begins to remove the headstone. As he is working he begins to sink into the grave. He sinks lower and lower until he finds himself inside the coffin. He is shocked to see that the coffin belongs to the customer that walked into his shop earlier that evening. The corpse then announces that he will now share the headstone with Creech since he was so determined to obtain it for himself.

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| Notes = * "Horror on Haunted Hill!" is reprinted in Beware Vol 1 4. * "Forever Is a Long Time!" is reprinted in Beware Vol 1 4. * "A Shriek in the Night" is reprinted in Beware Vol 1 4. * "The Inheritance" is reprinted in Marvel Tales Vol 1 129. * "The Man Who Walked on Water!" is reprinted in Beware Vol 1 4. * "The Man Who Steals Gravestones!" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows Vol 1 5.

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Creative credits

Writers: Stan Lee, N/A, Stan Lee, N/A, N/A, N/A

Interior art: Carmine Infantino, Larry Woromay, John Tartaglione, N/A, Jay Scott Pike, Sol Brodsky

Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A

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