Dates
- Cover date
- April 1961
- On sale
- January 5, 1961
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #16 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
- The Thing Called Metallo!, Part One · 6 pages
An escaped convict tests a radiation-proof suit under a fake name. When he realizes the suit’s power, he uses it to go on a crime spree. When he finds that he has a disease only treatable by radiation he stays in the suit to die rather than be captured.
- The Holiday · 1.75 pages
A boy celebrates the turn of the millenium with a special trip to the moon.
- Part 2 · 7 pages
- Nightmare! · 5 pages
A man scoffs at his friend’s idea that a nightmare could last forever, causing him to storm out, drive off the road and die. He wakes up having the same conversation, in a nightmare loop.
- The Hands of Hogarr! · 5 pages
A fugitive forces a gypsy to give him a new face, but he is captured because it is the same face as his pursuer.
Reprinted in
Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Sinister Tales (1964), Astounding Stories (1966), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963)