The Figure in the Shadows (annotations)
A
- Actium, Battle of
- American Civil War
- Amulets: A Free Inquiry into the Properties of Magical Amulets (book) (dissertation)
- Anselm, Bishop
- Anthony, Saint
- Atlas, Charles
- Azazel (demon)
B
- Barnavelt, Grampa
- Barnavelt, Jonathan van Olden
- Barnavelt, Lewis
- Barnavelt's Trunk, Grampa
- Beanie (headgear)
- Bénédictine (alcohol)
- Bijou Theater (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Blackbeard
- Bowl-Mor Bowling Alley (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Boy Scout knife
C
- Cahalen, Father
- Capharnaum County Highway Department
- Capharnaum County Magician’s Society (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Capharnaum County Public Works Department (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Captain Marvel (comic)
- Captain Midnight Secret Decoder Ring
- Carver, Lois
- Catherine de Medici, Queen of France
- Cavalry Saber, Grampa Barnavelt's
- Cheerios (cereal)
- Chicago White Sox (baseball team)
- Civil War Monument (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Civil War Pistol
- Classics Comics
- Coat rack, enchanted (Barnavelt House)
- Coca-Cola (beverage)
- Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Corbett, Tom (Space Cadet)
D
- Deerstalker (Sherlock Holmes hat)
- DeKalb corn
- Detention Home (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Detroit Tigers (baseball team)
- DiMaggio, Joe (bum)
- Doctor Magicorum Artium (D. Mag.A.) (degree)
- Drill Ye Tarriers (song)
- Drueke plastic chessmen
- Duilius, Admiral
E
- East End Park (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Ector, Sir
- Eldridge Corners (outside of New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Episcopal Church (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Exacto knives
F
- Feasel, Jute
- Fifth Michigan Fire Zouave Lancers
- Finzer, Walter
G
- G.A.R. Hall (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Geer, Miss
- Göttingen, Germany
- Green Street (New Zebedee, Michigan)
H
- Haggerty, Miss
- Hartwig, Mr.
- Heemsoth’s Rexall Drug Store (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Helen, Aunt
- High Street (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Holmes, Sherlock (fictional character)
- Homer Road (Capharnaum County, Michigan)
- Homer, Michigan
- Humphries, Dr.
I
- Iliad (Classics Comics version)
- In Hoc Signo Vinces (phrase)
- Indian Head penny
J
K
- Kalamazoo Mental Hospital (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
- Kellogg's cereal
- King Edward cigar
- Kresge’s Ten Cent Store (New Zebedee, Michigan)
L
- Lake Michigan
- Little Duke toy playing cards
- London, England
- Lutz, Tom
- Lyon Lake (New Zebedee, Michigan)
M
- Main Street (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Mansion Street (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Marshall Field's Department Store (Chicago, Illinois)
- Masonic Temple (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Mattie, Aunt
- Mayan step pyramid
- Meerschaum pipe
- Melrose Abbey (Melrose, Scotland)
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Mingo, Woody
- Moss Farm (outside of New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Moss Ghost
- Moss, Eliphaz
- Mounds bar
- Murray's Hill (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Muskegon, Michigan
N
- New York Yankees (baseball team)
- New Zebedee Athletic Field (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- New Zebedee Chronicle (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- New Zebedee Fountain (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- New Zebedee Junior High School (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- New Zebedee Library (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- New Zebedee, Michigan
O
- Oaklawn Hospital (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Oxydol (laundry detergent)
P
- Pall Mall cigarettes
- Peerless Nasal Inhalator
- Poker (game)
- Pontiac (automobile)
- Pottinger, George
- Pottinger, Louise
- Pottinger, Rose Rita
R
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
- Roman Galley
- Roman ruins
S
- Salamis, Battle of
- Sammy's Bar and Grill [ill. only] (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Seagram (alcoholic beverage)
- Shellenberger, Dave
- Simon Magus
- Solomon, King
- Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of
T
- Thoth (deity)
- Three-cent piece, 1859
- Trireme (class of ship)
U
- University of Göttingen (Göttingen, Germany)
- University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana)
- Urim and Thummim
V
- Vacutex (blackhead remover)
- Venio (word)
W
- Walpurgis (April 30)
- Wessel, Dr.
- Wilder Creek (Capharnaum County, Michigan)
- Wilder Creek Park (New Zebedee, Michigan)
- Wildroot Cream Oil
- Willoware porcelain umbrella stand
- Window, enchanted stained-glass (Barnavelt House)
- Würzburg, Germany
Z
- Zimmermann, Florence Helene