Dates
- Cover date
- May 1962
- On sale
- February 1, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #31 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
- When the Mummy Walks · 7 pages
An archaeologist uncovers an ancient mummy, which is actually an alien invader that locked itself in the pyramid. It bursts out, but it turns out that the mummy forgot that it sealed itself in to protect himself from Earth's atmosphere, which kills it.
- The Strange Stone · 1.75 pages
Johnny finds a magic wishing stone, but wishes it away because magic would make life no fun.
- It Fell from the Flying Saucer! · 6 pages
An artist finds an alien pencil that will make whatever he draws real, but his selfish use of it makes the aliens take it back.
- Man of Iron! · 5 pages
A rich weakling pays a witch to give him muscles of iron, but her spell makes him sink right through the Earth's surface.
- The Pretender! · 5 pages
A man looking through an abandoned house find notes in an alien language. They tell of an alien shapeshifter disguised as a human to undermine Earth before an invasion, and are accompanied by a photograph of the alien's human form, Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev.
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