| Issue | #31 |
| Published | May 1962 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in February 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #8 (September 1971) |
| Characters | Paul Kentworth; Gloria Carstairs; Jason Wilkes |
| Synopsis | An archaeologist uncovers an ancient mummy, which is actually an alien invader that locked itself in the pyramid. It bursts out, but it turns out that the mummy forgot that it sealed itself in to protect himself from Earth's atmosphere, which kills it. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #8 (September 1971); in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #19 (October 1975) |
| Characters | Johnny |
| Synopsis | Johnny finds a magic wishing stone, but wishes it away because magic would make life no fun. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | The first page of this story is printed between the pages of "When the Mummy Walks", while the second page is printed between "The Man of Iron!" and "The Pretender!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership. |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #41 (January 1956) |
| Synopsis | An artist finds an alien pencil that will make whatever he draws real, but his selfish use of it makes the aliens take it back. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also drawn by Jack Kirby. |
| Reprinted | in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #5 (October 1966); in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #13 (October 1971); in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #16 (June 1976) |
| Characters | Nastiwell Snide; Bela |
| Synopsis | A rich weakling pays a witch to give him muscles of iron, but her spell makes him sink right through the earth's surface. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. |
| Reprinted | in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (October 1974) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Average circulation per issue October 1960–September 1961 (issues #17–27, despite monthly cover dates): 184,895. This shares the last page of "The Strange Stone". |
| Characters | Stephen Dwane; Kusoom |
| Synopsis | A man looking through an abandoned house find notes in an alien language. They tell of an alien shapeshifter disguised as a human to undermine Earth before an invasion, and are accompanied by a photograph of the alien's human form, Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971) |