Dates
- Cover date
- August 1956
- On sale
- April 23, 1956
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Deep Freeze · 4 pages
Three crooks place themselves in suspended animation for 200 years after stealing 150,000 dollars. Not only is the money still good in 2156, not only is 150,000 still a lot of money in 2156 (gasp!), but the only reason they run afoul of the law is that the suitcase of money they stole was counterfeit to begin with.
- Volcano! · 4 pages
A man introduces technology to a primitive people living at the base of a volcano and the volcano becomes angry at their new competitive and mistrustful nature so wipes out their society.
- Inside the Whirlpool · 4 pages
- The Voice in the Night · 4 pages
When a man slugs an elderly man collecting donations for the poor and steals the poor box, his conscience bothers him so much that he hears a clock accuse him of being a thief.
- The Old Shop · 2 pages
An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.
- The Sea Serpent! · 3 pages
A sailor sees a sea serpent arise when there is a disaster to be averted.
- The First Man · 4 pages
The author of this story postulates that a series of satellites will be required to use as refueling stations on the way to the moon. Once they are built, and rockets make it to the moon, men find that the moon itself is an inhabited satellite built by alien beings.
Reprinted in
Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey into Mystery (2008), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Sinister Tales (1964)