Dates
- Cover date
- April 1962
- On sale
- January 9, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #30 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 Return of the Gorilla-Man · 7 pages
The Gorilla-Man escapes and tries to get himself transformed back into a human, but instead he is blasted into space in an experimental space capsule.
- The Remedy Oil · 2 pages
An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.
- The Thing from the Hidden Swamp · 6 pages
A plain girl helps a stranded alien, and is made beautiful as a reward.
- What Was the Staggering Secret of the 13th Floor · 5 pages
An oddly cheerful elevator operator is held at gunpoint with a passer-by by a spy planning to blow up the hotel. The elevator lets the spy off at the 13th floor, and while the passer-by is terrified, the elevator operator simply fades away, explaining that the bomb will never go off, since there is no 13th floor.
- Quogg! · 5 pages
A fugitive hides in an enclosure said to contain a horrible monster, and realizes too late that the monster appeared to be an ordinary hut.
Reprinted in
Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (2006), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Creepy Worlds (1962), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Fear (1970), Creatures on the Loose (1971), Monsters on the Prowl (1971), Journey into Mystery (1972), Crypt of Shadows (1973), Vault of Evil (1973), Creatures on the Loose (1975), Gorilla Man (2010), Gorilla Man (2010), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)