Fiend Without a Face story
Mysterious deaths at the hands of a mentally created invisible life form that feeds on atomic power and then steals human brains and spinal columns to use as bodies in order to multiply its numbers.
8 total · 4 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| biologically distinguished being | major | Professor Walgate's mental projection became a malevolent and invisible new life form that fed on atomic power. |
| brain-shaped being | major | The a malevolent and invisible new life form derived from Professor Walgate's mental projection manifested itself in the disembodied brains of the people it killed. |
| incorporeal being | major | Professor Walgate's developed his mental abilities to the point where he was able to materialize his thoughts into the world and ultimately his living thought projection became a malevolent and invisible new life form. |
| romantic love | major | Major Jeff Cummings and Barbara Griselle. |
| mad scientist stereotype | minor | Professor Walgate unwittingly created a monster in the process of conducting secret experiments on thought projection in his laboratory. |
| telekinetic ability | minor | Professor Walgate was experimenting with telekinesis. |
| the Cold War | minor | The Americans and Canadians were developing an atomic boosted radar system to monitor the Russians. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | minor | The people of Winthrop worried about radioactive fallout causing deaths in the town. |