| Issue | #2 |
| Published | March 1959 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in November 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Mr. Garner |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Dunstan Craig |
| Synopsis | A ruthless outer space game hunter captures specimens for zoos, but when he is forced to crash land on an alien world the inhabitants see him as an animal and put him in a zoo. He escapes, but resolves never to cage another animal. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Jonathan Jr.; Nora; Jonathan Sr.; Mr. Bigger |
| Synopsis | A boy discovers a formula to blow unbreakable bubbles and accidentally entraps his father's boss. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Joe Maneely |
| Inks | Joe Maneely |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #49 (September 1956) |
| Characters | Henry Burke |
| Synopsis | A scientist drills into the core of the Earth, and somehow travels back in time, where he witnesses a dinosaur attacking neanderthals. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Matt Baker |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Colors | Matt Baker ? |
| Letters | Matt Baker ? |
| Notes | Penciler credit, inker credit, and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Harry Grant; Anne Grant |
| Synopsis | A man in 2087 robs a payroll and flees to a primitive world to avoid detection by his electric wrist band. Once he arrives he realizes that the people there are a fraction of the size of humans, and so he can be easily found. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | John Buscema |
| Inks | John Buscema |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Joe Sykes; Martha Sykes |
| Synopsis | A petty criminal volunteers to be sent in deep freeze to the end of the universe and back. When he awakens he finds that he has looped through space and time and it now in an alternate dimension when he can not be seen or heard. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Bob Forgione ? |
| Inks | Bob Forgione ? |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Sequence is unsigned, but Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #1 also credits Forgione on art. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Mr. Garner; Prof. Webb |
| Synopsis | A private detective humours a man who says he saw a flying saucer with an investigation, but he convinces the man it is pointless. He feels bad for his harsh words, but reports back to Mars that suspicion of their invasion has been averted. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Joe Sinnott (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Sinnott (signed) |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |