Dates
- Cover date
- April 1961
- On sale
- January 5, 1961
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #83 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
- From Out of the Black Pit Came...Grogg! · 13 pages
A reluctant Soviet scientist wakes the ancient dragon Grogg with atomic tests. The dragon attacks the soldiers and gives the scientist the opportunity to defect to the US, just as he had hoped, since he knew in advance that Grogg existed.
- Make a Wish · 1.75 pages
A man invents a wishing machine but loses the prototype on the way to the patent office.
- Masquerade Party · 5 pages
A beautiful but vicious socialite spoils the plans of an old rival by throwing a masquerade party. She is scared by her rival’s husband, who tricks her into thinking he is a demon.
- The Menace of Shandu! · 5 pages
A boy finds a magic book in a used bookstore and summons a genie, which vows to torture him after granting his wish. He wishes for everything to be restored to before he went to the bookshop, and he does not buy the book a second time.
Reprinted in
Sinister Tales (1964), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Chamber of Chills (1972), Crypt of Shadows (1973), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)