Dates
- Cover date
- February 1960
- On sale
- October 1, 1959
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Grottu, King of the Insects! · 6 pages
A journalist and an archaeologist go to Africa and find an atomically mutated giant ant with super-intelligence. The giant ant tries to lead an army of insects to world conquest, but is foiled when the humans use sugar to turn his ants against him.
- I Saw the End of the World! · 5 pages
A scientist builds a time machine and uses it to travel into the future against the advice of his peers. He finds that time is an infinite loop, and when he reaches his own time his memories disappear and he is once more building a time machine.
- The Tree · 2 pages
When a family moves to a house in the country their son finds a gnarled little tree on their land that grants wishes.
- I Was Captured by the Mole Men! · 6 pages
A subway train full of people is hijacked and held by a subterranean race. The police fight the creatures and retrieve the train, only to discover that the creatures were actually peaceful.
- I Am a Walking Time Bomb · 6 pages
A robot is sent to Earth by alien conquerers to force them to surrender or be destroyed. The finer qualities of humanity convince the robot decides to destroy his creators' world instead.
Publisher’s description
A journalist and an archaeologist go to Africa and find an atomically mutated giant ant with super-intelligence.
Reprinted in
Spellbound (1960), Creepy Worlds (1962), Mystic (1960), Strange Tales Annual (1962), Fantasy Masterpieces (1966), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Monsters on the Prowl (1971), Planet of the Apes (1974), Doctor Who Weekly (1979), Monster Masterworks (1989), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Monsters Unleashed Prelude (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019), Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus (2020)