Fantasy Masterpieces #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Beware!! The Ghosts Surround Me!!" from Fantasy Masterpieces #1 (1966) delivers a chilling, dreamlike tale of perception and reality, where a man’s discovery of a mysterious camera that captures images from another dimension tests the limits of belief. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with art by Dick Ayers—whose inks and lettering shape the story’s eerie tone—this standout issue blends supernatural suspense with a quiet, haunting twist. The cover, a collaborative effort by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Joe Sinnott, and Dick Ayers, captures the story’s otherworldly dread in bold, dynamic strokes.
In the shadowed woods of Transylvania, a desperate fugitive seeks refuge in an abandoned house—only to be confronted by strange, otherworldly beings from a parallel dimension. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, "Beware!! The Ghosts Surround Me!!" unfolds as a chilling tale of isolation, where relief turns to eternal imprisonment in a state beyond sight or touch.
In "I Found the Things from Nowhere," a man’s curiosity leads him to fiddle with his television, only to stumble upon a bizarre, otherworldly battle unfolding on screen. What he believes to be a distant cosmic conflict is, in fact, a violent clash between two ant colonies just beyond his window—his mundane backyard suddenly transformed into a hidden warzone.
In "I Became a Human Robot!" from Fantasy Masterpieces #1 (1966), an alien spy transfers his consciousness into a robot sent to Earth, hoping to learn about human technology by being studied. When the scientists deactivate his body, he’s left trapped in a machine, forced to confront the consequences of his plan.
In "I Saw the Other World!", a man desperate to be believed shows a mysterious camera to a stranger, claiming it captures images from another dimension. When a sudden lightning strike erases both the pictures and the stranger, the man wonders if he’s lost his mind—while the stranger, now back in his own world, faces the same disbelief he once dismissed.
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↩ Reprints Tales of Suspense #5 (1959), Tales to Astonish #7 (1960), Strange Tales #76 (1960), Journey into Mystery #60 (1960), Amazing Adult Fantasy #10 (1962)
Reprinted in Maximum Fantastic Four #[nn] (2005), Amazing Fantasy Omnibus #[nn] (2007), Golden Age Captain America Omnibus #1 (2014)
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