Dates
- Cover date
- November 1961
- On sale
- August 8, 1961
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #23 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 Entered the Dimension of Doom! · 7 pages
A teenager uncovers a plot of two-dimensional beings to invade Earth by posing as a construction crew to dig a hole in the street that acts as a passageway between dimensions and thwarts their designs.
- The Wish · 2 pages
A real estate agent gains telepathy from a magic paper weight.
- The Creature from the Black Bog! · 6 pages
A retired couple exploring the Everglades comes upon an alien who has been mired in the bog after landing to affect repairs and was making his way back to the ship. In exchange for their help in securing enough vines to pull him free of the bog, he removes their memories of the incident and makes them younger.
- Going Down! · 5 pages
A greedy elevator operator fakes an accident to get a rich customer to give him a big tip, but the elevator falls forever as the suddenly sinister passenger promises he’ll get his reward.
- The Changeling · 5 pages
A teenager in the future desires to return to Earth despite scientist's warning that over thousands of years humans are no longer adapted to life on Earth. When the boy steals a rocket ship and makes the faster than light journey back to the original homeworld, he finds that the scientists were indeed correct as his rocket ship is only about an inch tall to the Earthmen.
Reprinted in
Creepy Worlds (1962), Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus (2021), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (2006), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Sinister Tales (1964), Monsters on the Prowl (1971), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Mystic (1960), Uncanny Tales (1963), Fear (1970), Creatures on the Loose (1971), The A-Z of Marvel Monsters (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019), Marvel: August 1961 (2024)