Dates
- Cover date
- July 1962
- On sale
- May 1, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #82 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 Scorpion Strikes! · 7 pages
A scorpion is mutated by radiation and grows giant, gaining an evil intelligence. It is transformed back with another burst of radiation after being tricked into position by a hypnotist.
- The Heat's On · 2 pages
When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat.
- I Am the Prisoner of the Voodoo King! · 6 pages
A criminal being brought to prison from a jungle outpost escapes into the jungle. He happens upon a tribe worshipping a gold idol and steals it. He escapes his pursuers, but realizes that the idol is cursed: he can never put it down.
- The Next Galaxy · 5 pages
In the thirtieth century, humanity becomes advanced but emotionless and brutally conquers the galaxy. They send an explorer to the next galaxy to find new conquests, but when he finds a totally peaceful world he is reminded that once some humans sought peace, and so lies to his superiors to protect the people of this world.
- Take a Chair · 5 pages
A furniture maker gets more than he bargained for when he attempts to eliminate a rival chair producer and finds out he is an alien in disguise creating robotic spies on humans.
Reprinted in
Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Creepy Worlds (1962), Journey into Mystery (1972), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Fantasy Masterpieces (1966), Chamber of Chills (1972), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)