Dates
- Cover date
- April 1962
- On sale
- January 4, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #95 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 Two-Headed Thing! · 7 pages
In a storm, a convict escapes through a hole smashed in the wall. When he is found, he tells a tale of a shape-shifting monster. When the guards scoff, the escapee reveals that HE is the monster, and they are only saved by a lightning strike.
- Muscle Man · 2 pages
An ordinary man envies body-builders on the beach, and a strange figure teaches him about the strength of his own mind.
- The Monster Escapes! · 6 pages
An alien planning to invade Earth crash lands and tries to find a rocket to escape. Instead, he accidentally conceals himself in an airtight time capsule and suffocates.
- The Cave of Shaggdorr! · 5 pages
No one had ever returned from a treasure search in the cave of the Shaggdorr on Ursa Centaurius. Bruno Krugg escapes the authorities and heads for the planet to steal the treasure. Little does he know the cave itself is a giant creature.
- Do Not Panic! · 4 pages
An alien craft arrives over a city and descends. The pilot wears a frightening spacesuit, but since the military do not panic, they do not attack, and when the human pilot removes his helmet he is warmly greeted by the people of Mars.
Reprinted in
Spellbound (1960), Weird Planets (1962), Astounding Stories (1966), Monsters on the Prowl (1971), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Uncanny Tales (1963), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Weird Wonder Tales (1973), Curse of the Weird (1993), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)