Dates
- Cover date
- November 1959
- On sale
- July 1, 1959
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- I Hear It Howl in the Swamp! · 5 pages
A fishing guide encounters an alien monster in the swamp, and after initial disbelief, the military plans to kill it. When two larger aliens arrive to take the thing away, they realize that it was only a lost child.
- Lady Luck · 2 pages
A businessman doesn’t believe in luck, but several beneficial encounters with an old lady change his mind.
- I Was Captured by the Cyclops! · 5 pages
A man mentally transports himself to the past and becomes Sinbad, experiencing his encounter with the cyclops. He thinks that it was only a fantasy, but finds that he is still holding one of the cyclops' jewels.
- The Mutants and Me! · 4 pages
A man ignores his friend's theories about super-powered mutant humans, but after teleporting himself out of a locked safe he reconsiders.
- Who Hides Beneath My Mask? · 4 pages
A burglar wears a rubber mask to avoid identification, but after his victim sees him, he discovers that his face has changed to match his mask.
- The Luna Lizards Had Me Trapped! · 5 pages
Human colonists on an alien world believe that they are being attacked by aliens, who, in fact, are trying to help them.
Publisher’s description
The "Thing from the Swamp" has been uncovered by a group of men! If this monster's intentions aren't pure, they're simply doomed!
Reprinted in
Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Creepy Worlds (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Uncanny Tales (1963), 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)