Dates
- Cover date
- January 1959
- On sale
- September 2, 1958
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World! · 7 pages
An expedition in remote waters finds a missing scientist who has used serums to create giant turtles, one the size of a house, the other the size of an island.
- I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist! · 6 pages
An investigator works diligently to discover the logical explanations behind the odd occurrences at a couple's newly purchased home. He is, in fact, a poltergeist who attempts to allay suspicion of his kind's existence among humans.
- The Heat's On · 2 pages
When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat.
- I Was the First Man to Set Foot on...the Mystery Planet! · 5 pages
A businessman bigoted against robots tries to make a deal to tap the resources of a planet rich in exploding pools of radioactive oil. The natives refuse to sell their oil, since they are robots and it is too vital to them.
- I Foiled an Enemy Invasion! · 5 pages
Mysterious billboards appear, each bearing a picture of an alien soldier. A newspaperman realizes just in time that the billboards are an attempt by a two-dimensional alien race to hide an invasion.
Reprinted in
Race for the Moon (1959), Race for the Moon (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (2006), Creepy Worlds (1962), Sinister Tales (1964), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Astounding Stories (1966), Weird Wonder Tales (1973), Strange Tales Annual (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Uncanny Tales (1973), Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (2005), Crypt of Horror (2005), Marvel Monsters (2006), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (2013), King-Size Kirby (2015), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)