Scientist
Hank Pym creates shrinking and growth potions, defying his skeptical colleagues
who thought he would never amount to anything. With dreams of revolutionizing
shipping and transportation, he tests it on himself and instantly shrinks to
the size of an ant—and then realizes he left the growth potion on the windowsill,
out of reach. He runs outside trying to get help and is chased by ants, falling
into an anthill and landing in a pool of honey. A larger red ant rescues him
from the goo. Attacked by the swarm, Hank ignites a match he finds, judo flips
a menacing bug, and heads back to his house. The big red ant carries him up to
the windowsill where he takes the growth formula and returns to normal size.
Hank destroys the potions and tells his colleagues he is giving up on his
researches.
“Trouble
Bubble”
Writer:
Unknown. Art: Joe Maneely.
Synopsis: A
bored little boy creates a special bubble formula that traps his father’s boss
in an unbreakable bubble which eventually pops by itself after twenty-four
hours. The boss offers to buy the formula for the bubble soap but the kid has
thrown it out and can’t remember how to recreate it!
“Mirror,
Mirror, on the Wall…”
Writer:
Larry Lieber. Plot: Stan Lee. Art: Don Heck. Colors: Stan Goldberg. Letters:
Artie Simek.
Synopsis: A
man buys an antique mirror for his wife and it begins to control her mind; it
is inhabited by a sorcerer who turns the wife into a witch to perform the spell
to free him. She locks her husband in a closet to prevent his interference but
he pounds on the wall, knocking the mirror loose and breaking it, setting her
free!
“The Talking
Horse”
Writer:
Larry Lieber. Plot: Stan Lee. Art: Bob Forgione. Colors: Stan Goldberg.
Letters: Joe Letterese.
Synopsis: A
jockey who owes money to gangsters discovers that a horse can talk and assures
him it will win. The jockey bets a lot of money on the horse and the nag is so
convincing that the gangster follows suit. But then the horse loses because it
underestimated the other horses and when the gangster comes to collect, the
horse refuses to speak up to defend the jockey!
“Dead
Planet!”
Writer: Stan
Lee. Art: Steve Ditko. Colors: Stan Goldberg. Letters: Artie Simek.
Synopsis: A
warrior from the planet Komok lands on a barren planet, intending to conquer it
for his world; his instruments detect life on the planet but, no matter how he
searches, he doesn’t find any. He sinks into a depression and dies. The
planet’s life turns out to be sentient rocks who know when to keep quiet!