Dates
- Cover date
- October 1961
- On sale
- July 11, 1961
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #24 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 Found the Abominable Snowman! [Part 1] · 6 pages
A TV producer fakes a film of the Abominable Snowman in the arctic, but runs afoul of an ancient underground civilization of lizard-men and a giant octopus.
- [I Found the Abominable Snowman!], Part 2: The Snowman's Secret! · 7 pages
- The Recipe · 2 pages
A tomboyish girl tries out cooking to appease her mother, but accidentally cooks a witch's brew, totally inappropriate for a fairy like her.
- Something Missing!! · 5 pages
The first mission to Mercury has a stow-away, the lover of one of the pilots. The captain is angry, but when they arrive on Mercury they find that the natives are hostile, and only the girl's display of love towards the pilot convinces them that the humans have something of value to offer.
- He Waits in the Dark! · 5 pages
A mysterious janitor comes to work for a slumlord, but he has strange powers and ends the man's evil ways.
Reprinted in
Creepy Worlds (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (2006), Where Creatures Roam (1970), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Sinister Tales (1964), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)