Dates
- Cover date
- June 1962
- On sale
- March 1, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #13 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 Unsuspecting · 5 pages
Shape-shifting aliens invade Earth, taking the form of TV sets in order to influence people's thinking.
- Great Zeus · 5 pages
Zeus decides to leave Mt. Olympus and return to Earth, but when he arrives, far from his lightning bolts intimidating mortals, they find him a source of entertainment and want to book him as an act. Exasperated, Zeus leaves the big city and returns to Mt. Olympus.
- The Little Gypsy Tea Room · 3 pages
A criminal forces a gypsy to hide him from the police, but gets more than he bargained for when she does help him.
- The Ultimate Weapon · 5 pages
The western powers launch an empty globe over Moscow that intimidates the communist leaders into disarming because they fear that it is a bomb.
- At the Stroke of Midnight! · 5 pages
Giant undersea creatures attack New York, but they find the streets deserted due to a civil defense drill. They are attacked by a giant, and conclude that humans are actually larger then they are. The next morning the Stature of Liberty has skinned knuckles.
Reprinted in
Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Amazing Adult Fantasy #13 [JC Penney Marvel Vintage Pack] (1994), Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (2007), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019), Uncanny Tales (1963), Supernatural Thrillers (1972), Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (2005), Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (2019)