Dates
- Cover date
- January 1960
- On sale
- October 1, 1959
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- I Brought Zog Back to Life! · 6 pages
An alien giant is found in a glacier, causing fear of what might happen if it gets free. A scientist thinks that the fear is dangerous and frees it, finding that the alien is harmless.
- I Spent a Night in the Haunted Lighthouse! · 6 pages
A man visiting a coastal town is stranded in an abandoned lighthouse during a storm and sees a ghostly ship and pirates arrive. Next morning he finds a life preserver from the Flying Dutchman.
- I Planted the Seeds of Doom! · 6 pages
A space explorer sells the seeds of an alien plant, before finding to his horror that the plants spawn monsters. He uses the monster’s need for water to escape and stop the growth of more like it.
- Underground · 2 pages
A man is thought mad for designing underground homes, until everyone moves underground and surface-dwellers are thought mad.
- I Shrunk Away to Nothing! · 5 pages
A man needs to raise money for his brother's medical treatment and so he answers an ad from a scientist seeking to test a shrinking ray. He agrees to be the subject and the ray works. He finds himself shrinking past microscopic objects and finally finds himself in a new world. When he asks a native what this world is called, he receives the answer 'Earth'.
Reprinted in
Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Where Creatures Roam (1970), Spellbound (1960), Creepy Worlds (1962), Astounding Stories (1966), Fear (1970), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)