Dates
- Cover date
- February 1962
- On sale
- November 2, 1961
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #9 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ 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 Terror of Tim Boo Ba · 5 pages
Alien warlord Tim Boo Ba is master of all he surveys but is wiped out in a torrential flood when an Earth boy drips water on the small scale model that is Tim Boo Ba's home planet.
- The Man Who Captured Death! · 5 pages
An old man builds a machine to freeze Death in his tracks since he is unwilling to go when he has so much more left to accomplish. With Death removed from the picture, the Earth becomes a shambles. Insects and microbes do not die, and the sick and injured gain no release from their suffering. The old man realizes how selfish he has been, and switches the machine off, joining Death willingly.
- I Come from the Black Void · 3 pages
An alien ambassador finds his offer of diplomatic relations shunned and ridiculed. Perplexed, he enters his space ship and leaves Earth, unaware that the day he had landed was April 1st.
- The Spirit of Swami River · 5 pages
A swami crook steals money from gullible widows with his fake act until he promises to deliver money to a dead husband's spirit and the swami is surprised to find himself disappearing when the real spirit holds him to his word.
- The Genie Lives · 5 pages
A boy finds a genie, but his wishes go wrong and he turns back time to before he found the genie.
Reprinted in
Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (2007), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019), Sinister Tales (1964), Creepy Worlds (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Journey into Mystery (1972), The X-Men (1963), Astonishing Tales (1970), Creatures on the Loose (1971), Monster Masterworks (1989), Monster Menace (1993), Stan Lee Marvel Treasury Edition (2016), The Best Marvel Stories by Stan Lee Omnibus (2022)