Dates
- Cover date
- May 1959
- On sale
- January 2, 1959
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Terrible Time Machine! · 5 pages
A scientist travels back in time to ancient Egypt and loses his memory after a paradoxical encounter with himself, or at least that's the story an Egyptian man dreamed after hitting his head.
- The Bridge · 2 pages
A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge.
- The Thing from Planet X · 5 pages
Space explorers fall under the mental sway of a sentient plant that they collect. After destroying the ship to save Earth, they say the crash was accidental, since they wouldn’t be believed.
- Robot Hater! · 4 pages
A man who hates robots refuses to have a robot pilot his flight to the moon, and insists on a human pilot. The flight gets in trouble and the pilot, really a humanoid robot, saves his life.
- The Haunted House! · 4 pages
Two fugitives hide in an old house, disguising themselves as ghosts to frighten away children. They themselves flee the house because of ghostly noises made by fifth-dimensional beings.
- The Aliens Who Conquered Earth · 5 pages
Alien invaders panic Earth with powerful distintegrating weapons, but when the president of Earth confronts them he is immune to their rays because of his own faith.
Publisher’s description
How will humans fare against a superior alien race who now seeks to conquer earth?
Reprinted in
Sinister Tales (1964), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Creepy Worlds (1962), Astounding Stories (1966), Star Wars Weekly (1978), America's Greatest Comics (2002), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2014), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)