| Issue | #33 |
| Published | July 1962 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in April 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Victor Marshall |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Notes | Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, February 2009. Original indexer had not supplied an inker credit. |
| Reprinted | in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (November 1971) [retouched] |
| Characters | Victor Marshall; Koru |
| Synopsis | A burnt-out actor stumbles upon an alien invasion, and gives the best performance of his life to save Earth. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | The third and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also drawn by Kirby. |
| Reprinted | in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (November 1971) |
| Characters | Stan Wepp |
| Synopsis | A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel 1951 series) #45 (May 1956) |
| Characters | John Bentley |
| Synopsis | A scientist tries to use a time machine to escape the dangers of the modern world, but he finds that every era has its dangers. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | This story seems to be a retelling of "Time Machine", a text story first published in Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #57 (March 1957) and reprinted many times subsequently; it shares the same structure and moral, though the motive for building a time machine is different. The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series). |
| Reprinted | in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #16 (March 1972) |
| Characters | Walter Krugg |
| Synopsis | The Fates make a wager over whether humans will ever understand that they cannot escape them. One of them tells a jewel thief that he will be punished, but he defies fate and flees the country, thinking that since the US is in World War II he will never be found and punished in Hiroshima. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | This story is a retelling of "Mister Black", drawn by Gene Colan in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #93 (February 1962) with an American protaganist instead of a Japanese one. The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series). |
| Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #6 (February 1972) |
| Characters | Professor Blank |
| Synopsis | A college professor is certain that life exists upon other worlds, but can't quite remember why he is so assured of this fact. One evening he is abducted by aliens and he receives his answer. The aliens tell him the reason for his abduction is that years ago the aliens sent a spy to Earth, but failed to hear back from him, and the captain of the spaceship realizes that he should not have sent an absent-minded spy. The professor realizes that he is the alien spy. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | First page caption: "It's time once again to match wits with Lee and Ditko!!" The third page includes an advertisement for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), 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) #20 (October 1975) |