Issue | #8 |
Published | March 1960 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in October 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Monstro |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Notes | Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006). |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Monstro; Prof. Faraday |
Synopsis | A giant octopus appears in the harbour of a communist seaport. An American marine biologist is sent to help, and finds that it is an ordinary octopus enlarged by communist nuclear tests, and will shrink back in 24 hours. |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Notes | Inker credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Sammy Snork |
Synopsis | A criminal accidently boards a Martian flying saucer and ends up on display in a zoo. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Bill Everett |
Inks | Bill Everett |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Ozak; Les Page; Agent Craig |
Synopsis | A shape-changing alien assumes the identity of trusted figures to sow panic. He is caught when he assumes the form of a dog he sees on a poster, not noticing that it is on a space flight for the next year. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Josie |
Synopsis | A tomboyish girl tries out cooking to appease her mother, but accidentally cooks a witch's brew, totally inappropriate for a fairy like her. |
Genre | occult |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #150 (September 1956) |
Characters | Ludwig Hauptmann |
Synopsis | A professor believes that a planet on a collision course will not destroy Earth because of the power that governs the universe. The planet is actually a spaceship come to greet the humans. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Doug Wildey |
Inks | Doug Wildey |
Notes | Narrated in the second person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Living Robot [John] |
Synopsis | Robots are outlawed after a series of malfunctions. One man builds a robot in secret, he is found out and the robot destroyed but the man, a robot in disguise, escapes. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Don Heck |
Notes | Narrated in the third person. Continues in the next issue. Robot's name from sequel. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |