| Issue | #79 |
| Published | April 1962 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands February 1, 1962 according to Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website and January 23, 1962 according to Bob Bailey. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. |
| Characters | Victor Avery |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Inks added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) |
| Characters | Victor Avery; Bill Cooper |
| Synopsis | When handsome, scientist, playboy Victor Avery is rejected by a girl he turns himself into a monster to wreak revenge on her fiancé only to become his own victim. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Script | Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ? |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.). The last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) also drawn by Jack Kirby. |
| Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #6 (February 1972) |
| Characters | Ezra Bolton; Prof. Carmichael; Prof. Greever |
| Synopsis | A bookkeeper dreams that he is a government agent hunting a mad scientist with a destructive sound device. |
| Genre | spy |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | The first page of this story is printed between the pages of "The Midnight Monster", while the second page is printed between "Wings of the Butterfly!" and "The Speed Demon". The last page is split with the statement of ownership. |
| Reprinted | from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #43 (January 1956) |
| Synopsis | A midget disguises himself as a dummy to gain access to homes to rob them. When he murders someone while robbing their home the police do not see through his disguise, but they put him in a trunk where he will suffocate. |
| Genre | horror |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ? |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.) |
| Reprinted | in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (December 1971) |
| Characters | Eric Krane |
| Synopsis | In the year 2050 Eric Krane is a spaceman who collects butterflies only to find himself trapped on planet where butterflies collect men. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script) |
| Pencils | Joe Sinnott |
| Inks | Joe Sinnott |
| Notes | Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.). |
| Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #6 (February 1972) |
| Synopsis | Average monthly circulation October 1960–September 1961 (issues #65–75, despite monthly cover dates): 182,090. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | This shares the last page of "Secret Mission". |
| Characters | Speedy Simms |
| Synopsis | Speedy Sims races his car so recklessly he is doomed to race around the rings of Saturn forever. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Notes | Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.). The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) also by Lee and Ditko. |
| Reprinted | in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (December 1971) |