Dates
- Cover date
- September 1956
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Man in Black! · 4 pages
A ruthless businessman, Lurton Gaxton, is taught a lesson in compassion for the little guy by a mysterious man in black.
- Shadow on the Sand! · 4 pages
A criminal falls in love with the inhabitant of a mirage.
- He Stayed Down Too Long! · 4 pages
A cruel boss of native pearl divers, Mason, tries to out-dive a stranger who has appeared on the island so that he will not lose face in front of the natives, but the stranger, named Kor, is a water-breathing alien who easily outlasts him.
- The Secret of the Old House! · 4 pages
Three men try to rob some old men in a spooky house, but find their youth stolen from them.
- Strange Mission · 2 pages
A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.
- Secret of the Oraquiis! · 4 pages
A trader masquerades as a native in order to find the secret burial place of their kings, but a flash of lightning renders him amnesic.
- No Bars Could Hold Him! · 3 pages
An escape artist criminal, "The Great Gordoni", is placed in a cell with so many keys that it should take him about twenty years to figure out which one opens the cell door.
Reprinted in
Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Astounding Stories (1966), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Creepy Worlds (1962), Sinister Tales (1964), Steve Ditko Reader (2002), Steve Ditko: Edge of Genius (2008), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)