Dates
- Cover date
- December 1960
- On sale
- July 28, 1960
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #79 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition10¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- I Was in the Clutches of the Living Shadow · 7 pages
A writer witnesses the landing of two-dimensional alien warriors disguised as shadows. The writer escapes and warns the authorities in time for the shadow warriors to be uncovered and driven away.
- Music Master · 2 pages
A struggling band takes on a poor but talented young harp player who turns out to be a young angel studying on Earth.
- The Ghost of Grismore Castle! · 6 pages
A practical jokester tricks his friend into fleeing a haunted house only to be attacked by real ghosts. He promises never to play a prank again while his friend, actually a ghost, watches approvingly.
- I Found the Perfect Hiding Place! · 5 pages
A burglar plans to steal the crown jewels and then use a time machine to escape into the past. Instead, he is stranded in a hideous alternate world with no human civilization.
- The Thing on the Moon · 5 pages
Earth sends an expedition to the moon looking for a place to settle. They find a fertile valley and a robot left by the ancient empire of Atlantis to mark their claim to the moon.
Reprinted in
Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Spellbound (1960), Voodoo (1961), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Sinister Tales (1964), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Journey into Mystery (1972), Vault of Evil (1973), Curse of the Weird (1993), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)