| Issue | #19 |
| Published | July 1961 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in April 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | The Green Thing |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | The Green Thing; Ignatius Rex |
| Synopsis | A botanist invents a serum to magnify the latent intelligence of plants. He tested it on a remote island, but the plant was evil and wanted to conquer the world. The scientist ran from the plant and used the serum on a more advanced plant, which was benevolent and stopped the evil plant. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 7 pp). Narrated in the first person. |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #14 (March 1972); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Lester Ford; Marie Ford; Lady Luck |
| Synopsis | A businessman doesn’t believe in luck, but several beneficial encounters with an old lady change his mind. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #136 (July 1955) |
| Characters | Nick Rover; Olef |
| Synopsis | A criminal skips town and sets up a newspaper as a front. When his typesetter changes the headlines from what they should read into what actually happens in the near future, he realizes he's got a goldmine, but the typesetter refuses to tell him how he can accurately predict the future. The criminal threatens to fire and blacklist the typesetter if he doesn't come clean, and the next headline he sets tells of an accident happening to the newspaper owner. Panicked, he turns himself in to the police so that he will be safe in jail, which is what the typesetter wanted all along. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #14 (March 1972); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Charlie Wilkes; Maaboo |
| Synopsis | A mercenary hears of a tribe that hoards gold while waiting for the return of a legendary alien. The mercenary poses as the alien and steals the gold, but he is abducted by the real alien. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #14 (March 1972); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |