Dates
- Cover date
- May 1961
- On sale
- February 28, 1961
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #68 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
- Spragg Conqueror of the Human Race! · 13 pages
Spragg, an outcast of his race, is forced to the surface of the Earth in Transylvania, where he enslaves the local villagers and forces them to build him a device to boost his powers. A visiting scientist figures out how to rid the planet of Spragg, and flings him into space.
- The Utopia · 2 pages
Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty.
- Where Walks the Ghost · 5 pages
An escaped convict looks to buy a house that has the reputation of being haunted so people will steer clear of him, but when he meets up with a real estate agent turns out to be the ghost that haunts the prospective property, he turns himself in to the police for his own protection.
- The Man From Mars! · 5 pages
A dishonest carnival owner hires an amnesiac to play a Martian and cheats him on his wages. When the man regains his memory, he realizes that he really is a Martian, sent to Earth to capture a human for the zoo, and so he takes the crook with him.
Reprinted in
Uncanny Tales (1963), Astounding Stories (1966), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Creepy Worlds (1962), Monsters on the Prowl (1971), Mystic Bumper Book (1964), Sinister Tales (1964), Creatures on the Loose (1971), Creatures on the Loose (1975), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)