Tales to Astonish # 13

Story 1: "I Challenged... Groot! The Monster from Planet X!"

The monarch of planet X arrives on Earth in order to capture a town for experimental purposes back on his homeworld. The hero defeats Groot with termites.

Story 3: "I Found the Abominable Snowman!"

A thug ventures to the Himalayas with the intention of capturing the Abominable Snowman for profit but is frustrated in his attempts of getting the locals to refer him to the creature he has in a photograph. They all tell him to discard the photograph as it is cursed. He plods through the mountains for weeks unable to locate any trace, until his mind is addled, and he drops the photograph, which is now a reasonable resemblance of what he has become.

Story 4: "My Friend Is...Not Quite Human!"

A misogynist woodcarver falls in love with his sculpture and has himself transformed into wood, but his refusal to pay a gypsy mystic leads to her making the wooden figure human out of spite.

Story 5: "I Found the Hidden World!"

An ex-con investigates a professor's theories about a world inside television sets. He proves the theory when a gate opens accidentally, allowing the inhabitants to pull through an old enemy of his trying to get revenge.