| Issue | #77 |
| Published | October 1960 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in May 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person. Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Taboo |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Ayers (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (September 1970) |
| Characters | Dan; Susan; Taboo |
| Synopsis | After his apparent destruction, Taboo reconstitutes himself and runs amok. He is eventually stopped by the arrival of others from his world, who reveal that he is not an advance scout for invasion, but merely a deranged criminal. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Taboo last appeared in issue #75 (June 1960). A replication of Taboo appears in Incredible Hulk Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #5 (October 1976), but Taboo does not appear again until Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (September 1970); Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) #[nn] (1989) |
| Characters | Colin; Mr. Plum; Gertrude |
| Synopsis | A dull teacher earns accolades by accidentally helping capture a Martian criminal. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Joe Maneely |
| Inks | Joe Maneely |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #52 (October 1956) |
| Characters | Amos; Anne |
| Synopsis | A criminal transforms himself into a dog in order to escape from burglaries unnoticed. He must return home quickly or be stuck as a dog, but is picked up by a dog catcher and trapped in the pound. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Larry Lieber ? |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975) |
| Characters | Hawk Gormey; Master Khan (introduction) |
| Synopsis | A pirate steals the ship of an Asian sorcerer. The ship's owner curses the thieves, shrinking the ship and imprisoning them in a glass bottle. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Master Khan next appears in an Iron Fist story in Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #24 (September 1975). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel 1970 series) #5 (September 1970); in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975) |
| Characters | Gideon Burr |
| Synopsis | A scientist in builds a robot identical to himself, and programs it with his own memories. When robots are banned, the robot believes that it is the real person, and its creator the duplicate. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Notes | Narrated by the robot. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |