Dates
- Cover date
- September 1956
- On sale
- May 21, 1956
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Hidden Valley! · 4 pages
A thousand-year old tribe builds a 'thoughtscope' in order to contact Mars, but the Martians use the device to place them into suspended animation. An explorer breaks the device, freeing them.
- There Were 3 Victims! · 4 pages
Three men survive being tossed out into the airless vacuum of space and reverse the direction of the rocketship so that it does not convey criminals to Mars.
- Trapped in the Tunnel! · 4 pages
A romantic ghost story about a dead woman who returns a compliment by saving the lives of some trapped tunnel workers.
- The Hunter's Prey · 4 pages
Some hunters encounter a mammoth that turns out to be a circus animal from outer space.
- The Utopia · 2 pages
Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty.
- Down in the Cellar! · 3 pages
Mermaids buy a leaky house.
- Build Me a Machine! · 4 pages
A scientist builds a time machine for a dictator who wishes to travel 50 years into the past with gold and plans for the H-Bomb in order to escape a losing war. Unfortunately for him, the device drops him into the past as he was 50 years ago, an infant.
Reprinted in
Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Uncanny Tales (1963), Astounding Stories (1966), Sinister Tales (1964), Weird Wonder Tales (1973), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)