Dates
- Cover date
- January 1959
- On sale
- September 2, 1958
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Strangers from Space! · 5 pages
In the future an alien ship arrives and lands at the world capital. The alien’s human form calms hostility and allows peaceful contact. The alien really projected an image to pacify bigotry.
- 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.
- I Dared Explore the Unknown Emptiness! · 5 pages
In the 25th-century, humans use a new cobalt fuel in their search for a colony world to relieve overpopulation. They find that humans can only flourish on Earth, and should appreciate it more.
- The Day I Left My Body! · 4 pages
A prisoner accidentally gains a psychic hold on a lawyer. He forces the lawyer to work constantly on his appeal, but fatigue hurts the lawyer’s oratory and the murderer is sentenced to death.
- He Fled in the Night · 4 pages
A restless clerk leaves England for a life at sea, thinking that he will found an empire in the Pacific. Robinson Crusoe, the clerk, is sure his voyage will make his fortune.
- Prisoner of the Satellites! · 5 pages
Aliens launch satellites that shrink objects on Earth in preparation for an invasion, but the humans harness the power of cosmic rays to reverse the effects and the aliens abandon the plan.
Reprinted in
Creepy Worlds (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), The Rocket's Blast-Comicollector (1964), Kull, the Destroyer (1973), Star Wars Weekly (1978), America's Greatest Comics (2002), Al Williamson: Hidden Lands (2004), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2014), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019), Atlas Artist Edition (2024)