| Issue | #24 |
| Published | October 1961 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in July 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Victor Cartwright (disguised as Abominable Snowman); Fred Cooper |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | The cover art is also the splash page of the lead story. |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (March 1971) [as a cover to the story "Gorgilla Strikes Again!" from issue #18 (April 1961)]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Victor Cartwright; Fred Cooper; Don Jordan |
| Synopsis | A TV producer fakes a film of the Abominable Snowman in the arctic, but runs afoul of an ancient underground civilization of lizard-men and a giant octopus. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"The Snowman's Secret!" (7 pp). |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006) #3 (2010) |
| 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 | Sally; Tom |
| Synopsis | The first mission to Mercury has a stow-away, the lover of one of the pilots. The captain is angry, but when they arrive on Mercury they find that the natives are hostile, and only the girl's display of love towards the pilot convinces them that the humans have something of value to offer. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (March 1971); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006) #3 (2010) |
| Synopsis | A mysterious janitor comes to work for a slumlord, but he has strange powers and ends the man's evil ways. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (March 1971); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006) #3 (2010) |