| Issue | #9 |
| Published | February 1962 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in November 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Tim Boo Ba |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Reprinted | in Monster Menace (Marvel, 1993 series) #1 (December 1993); in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Reprinted | in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) |
| Characters | Tim Boo Ba |
| Synopsis | Alien warlord Tim Boo Ba is master of all he surveys but is wiped out in a torrential flood when an Earth boy drips water on the small scale model that is Tim Boo Ba's home planet. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | This is a retelling of "Earth Will Be Destroyed!" drawn by Steve Ditko, from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960). This version of the story is retold in Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #4 (February 1969) as a Tales of the Watcher story by Stan Lee and Howard Purcell. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Monster Menace (Marvel, 1993 series) #1 (December 1993); in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) |
| Characters | Death |
| Synopsis | An old man builds a machine to freeze Death in his tracks since he is unwilling to go when he has so much more left to accomplish. With Death removed from the picture, the Earth becomes a shambles. Insects and microbes do not die, and the sick and injured gain no release from their suffering. The old man realizes how selfish he has been, and switches the machine off, joining Death willingly. |
| Genre | occult; science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) |
| Synopsis | An alien ambassador finds his offer of diplomatic relations shunned and ridiculed. Perplexed, he enters his space ship and leaves Earth, unaware that the day he had landed was April 1st. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series). Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #27 (January 1974); in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) |
| Characters | Swami River; Doris Parks; Sarah; Stefen's ghost |
| Synopsis | A swami crook steals money from gullible widows with his fake act until he promises to deliver money to a dead husband's spirit and the swami is surprised to find himself disappearing when the real spirit holds him to his word. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #86 (February 1974); in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Advertises stories in next issue. |
| Reprinted | in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) |
| Characters | Davey |
| Synopsis | A boy finds a genie, but his wishes go wrong and he turns back time to before he found the genie. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #12 (August 1974); in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) |