Dates
- Cover date
- May 1959
- On sale
- February 3, 1959
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Menace from Mars! · 5 pages
Martians threaten to invade Earth, but an intelligent human intimidates them by demonstrating his mastery of the strongest animals on Earth.
- 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.
- The Man with the Atomic Brain! · 5 pages
A man gains powerful psychic abilities from his parents’ exposure to radiation, and he is hunted by the government until a hidden group of like-powered people contact him and bring him to their community.
- Trapped on Earth · 4 pages
Alien conquerors create a sentient gas and send it to Earth to mentally enslave a human in order to test their readiness for conquest. The gas accidentally possesses a ventriloquist's puppet and is trapped, unable to control the mindless vessel.
- Travelers in Time! · 4 pages
A screenwriter pitches a director a movie theorizing that haunted houses are the arrival points for time travelers from the future, but the director thinks the story is too far-fetched. The writer is relieved, since he is such a traveler, and his secret is therefore safe.
- Invasion from Outer Space! · 5 pages
A robot army invades Earth, but they are forced to retreat by rusting the first time it rains.
Publisher’s description
Two old friends deceive each other about their own success.
Reprinted in
Creepy Worlds (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Adventures into the Unknown (1958), Crypt of Horror (2005), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)