Issue | #16 |
Published | August 1957 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Fred Kida |
Inks | Fred Kida |
Synopsis | Four conmen come up with an idea to dig up a giant that they plant in the earth and exhibit it to make money but they disturb a real giant with their scheme. |
Pencils | Richard Doxsee |
Inks | Richard Doxsee |
Synopsis | Two men descend into a cave shaft and one plots to dispose of the other so that he can marry his girlfriend. He cuts the rope and the other man falls into the river, but he gets rescued, and the evil man gets stuck in quarantine due to the uranium contamination. |
Pencils | John Forte |
Inks | John Forte |
Synopsis | A mind-reading swami is undone when he comes across an individual he believes is an alien preparing to invade. He signs a confession to the police that he has been swindling wealthy clients for years but thinks the occasion is important enough to reveal his secret ability. The police check his story, but it turns out that 'alien' is an actor preparing a role. |
Pencils | Bob Bean |
Inks | Bob Bean |
Notes | Art credits from www.atlastales.com. |
Reprinted | in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #15 (January 1975) |
Synopsis | When a law-abiding man buys a used car that had belonged to an executed gangster, he finds himself behaving in reckless and aggressive ways. |
Pencils | Ed Winiarski |
Inks | Ed Winiarski |
Notes | Art credits from www.atlastales.com. |
Characters | Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith |
Synopsis | A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet. |
Genre | science fiction |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #45 (September 1956) [originally titled "Strange Mission"] |
Synopsis | A giant insect blots out Earth's sun and even more giant creatures save Earth by getting the insect to leave. |
Pencils | Matt Fox |
Inks | Matt Fox |
Synopsis | The book of Genda, a yogi fanatic, holds a town paralyzed until a man's glasses slip off his face and light magnified through one of the lenses burns up the pages. |
Pencils | Bob Powell |
Inks | Bob Powell |