Dates
- Cover date
- August 1959
- On sale
- April 3, 1959
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- A Giant Walks the Earth! · 5 pages
A short lab assistant works on a growth serum to gain a normal man's height. The serum works too well, and he continues to grow so tall his life is endangered when the air becomes too thin to breathe. Just as he is about to black out, the serum wears off, and he is restored to his original height having learned to be satisfied with the way he is.
- The Comic · 2 pages
A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves.
- Earth in Chains! · 5 pages
Aliens from the planet Regulus colonize Earth, treating humans as little more than animals. They must withdraw only because of their vulnerability to Earth's germs.
- Ghost Ship! · 4 pages
The US Coast Guard finds an abandoned Soviet submarine. The log book shows that they mistook an alien craft for an experimental American ship and tried to ram it. The aliens boarded the submarine, and the fate of the crew is unknown.
- Escape to Tomorrow! · 4 pages
A criminal hears of the invention of a time machine. He robs a bank and then escapes 50 years into the future. Once there, he discovers that under the new world government, US money is useless. The technology of the police makes crime impossible, so he is forced into hard labor to survive.
- When Wakes the Sphinx! · 5 pages
An Egyptian and a tourist see the Sphinx come to life and chase off Alien invaders.
Reprinted in
Creepy Worlds (1962), Forbidden Worlds (1958), Race for the Moon (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Sinister Tales (1964), Journey into Mystery (1972), Uncanny Tales (1973), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)