| Issue | #16 |
| Published | February 1961 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in September 1960. 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 | Thorr |
| Genre | monsters |
| Script | ? |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (November 1970) [some alterations]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) [interior] |
| Characters | Thorr [renamed "Thorg" in later reprints]; Linus; Helen |
| Synopsis | When Professor Linus mistakenly wakes up Thorr the Unbelievable he has to stop him from waking up his fellow warriors and taking over the world. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Ayers (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (November 1970) [as "Here Comes...Thorg the Unbelievable"]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Dr. Title; Douglas Jenks |
| Synopsis | A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge. |
| Genre | spy; occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #42 (June 1956) |
| Characters | Bill Howard; Martha Howard; Dr. Johnson |
| Synopsis | A teller plans to rob his bank to pay for his wife's surgery. The guard on duty doesn't carry a gun, but the thief experiences a terrifying vision where he is irradiated and made deadly to the touch while trying to escape. It turns out that the new guard is a "psychiatrist hypnotist" who gave him the vision. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Narrated in the third person. |
| Reprinted | in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #8 (November 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Crusher; Xoorr |
| Synopsis | A fighter who is cruel and likes to hurt his opponents finds out that there are some creatures stronger than him, and they like to hurt their opponents also. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (November 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Joe |
| Synopsis | A bedraggled man wanders through a misty night, unsure of his identity. He is finally forced to return to his prison in a painting, where he has been trapped since betraying a sorceror. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (November 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |