Monsters on the Prowl Vol 1 22

Appearing in "When the Thing Runs Amok"

Featured Characters:

• Jason Burke
• X-13 (The Monster) (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Clara Burke

Other Characters:

• Joe
• Dr. Frankenstein (Mentioned)
• Police
• United States Army

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Robots
• Rabbits (Mentioned)
• Martians (Mentioned)
• Sharks
• Fish

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • Elmview

Synopsis for "When the Thing Runs Amok"

An inventor builds a powerful indestructible robot to help mankind but people react with fear and so the robot worries that harm may come to his creator and pretends to go on a rampage, takes over a missile to fly out over sea, and drops to the bottom of the ocean when the self-destruct is activated. The robot leaves a letter to the inventor explaining all of this and says he will return one day when humanity has learned trust. The inventor worries that sea water may rust the robot's components and turn him evil.

Appearing in "The Wax People!"

Featured Characters:

• Unnamed Night Watchman

Supporting Characters:

• "Living Wax Figures"

Other Characters:

• Unnamed Police Officer

Races and Species:

• Xaccusians

Locations:

• Xaccus (First appearance)

Synopsis for "The Wax People!"

This story has no plot. It merely details ordinary happenings in a retail store involving wax mannequins. The last panel shows an alien night sky and the text box says that the events occurred on a planet consisting of wax people.

Appearing in "Less Than Human"

Featured Characters:

• John Harris

Supporting Characters:

• Billy Harris
• Roby
• Alice Harris

Other Characters:

• Service Robots

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Robots

Locations:

• Earth-Unknown
  • United States of America

Synopsis for "Less Than Human"

In the future a man rallies against the existence of robots but changes ways when one sacrifices himself to save his son's life.

Appearing in "Trapped in the Room of Shadows"

Featured Characters:

• Sanford Kindwell

Antagonists:

• Kroger

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Earth
  • North America
    • United States of America
  • Asia
    • China
      • Tibet
        • Ancient Temple

Items:

• Wishing Stone

Synopsis for "Trapped in the Room of Shadows"

A man guides a wealthy philanthropist to a cave in Tibet where resides one of a pair of legendary wishing stones. The guide clouts the philanthropist and steals the stone, leaving him trapped behind a cave-in. He wishes to be rich but finds his spirit exchanged with the man who has been trapped behind the cave-in. The philanthropist does his best to clear the path, but the story leaves it up to the reader to decide if the evil man deserves rescuing or not.

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