Dates
- Cover date
- September 1956
- On sale
- June 4, 1956
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The End of the Line · 4 pages
Peter creates a formula which disintegrates matter. He considers using it but after seeing spectral figures from the future who wish to stop him from unleashing its power, he realizes he must hold back his discovery.
- Both of Me! · 4 pages
Eliot creates a robot double so he has a perfect alibi for crimes, but repents the decision and tells the robot to destroy itself. Eliot settles into a law-abiding career but the robot resurfaces, committing crimes. Eliot destroys it and clears his name.
- The Fog That Couldn't Lift! · 4 pages
Earth surrounds itself with a fog to wards off invaders from Xanu. Karall stops them by opening a portion of the fog, causing them to crash into the North Atlantic Ocean.
- The World Outside! · 4 pages
A criminal finds himself alone in New York, the city deserted. He goes home to find himself asleep and soon wakes up. He awakens to find himself alone in New York City.
- The Newshound · 2 pages
A reporter with an uncanny nose and a woman with keen hearing and become the blueprints for a new breed of journalists.
- The Needle Swings! · 3 pages
Muller is captured by the East German police and interrogated, but he passes their lie detector test because the machine had been built in West Germany.
- Sleep, You Fool! · 4 pages
Annoyed at the attention Bud gets from Joyce, Perry tries to trick Bud into thinking they've both been asleep for 20 years like Rip Van Winkle. However, it actually transpires that Perry sleeps for 20 years and awakens to find Bud and Joyce got married.
Reprinted in
Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Creepy Worlds (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (2007), Uncanny Tales (1963), Sinister Tales (1964), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Astounding Stories (1966), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)