| Issue | #3 |
| Published | April 1959 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in January 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Cynthia Adams; "The Creature from Planet X" |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Christopher Rule |
| Synopsis | A claustrophobic finds his fear too great for him to bear and he takes an escape pod out of the space patrol ship. He comes upon an asteroid that turns out to be a pirate base and he conquers his fear to send out a warning in a small radio room. When the space patrol lands and apprehends the pirates they welcome him back to the force. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Characters | Marvin Kale; Paula Kale |
| Synopsis | When a husband goes shopping he finds a new cleaning fluid that makes anything better than new, even him. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Joe Maneely |
| Inks | Joe Maneely |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #5 (August 1956) |
| Characters | Lyle Cushing; Dr. Samuel Weems; Col. Peters |
| Synopsis | The head of the robotics division goes to the American colony on the moon to investigate thefts of uranium that could only have been committed by the robot miners. He uncovers the thief, a human posing as a robot, since he knew the criminal could not have been a robot like himself. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Joe Sinnott |
| Inks | Joe Sinnott |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Characters | Cynthia Adams; "The Creature from Planet X" |
| Synopsis | In 2165 when a woman is locked in a zoo with a powerful alien beast that smashes free of its domed enclosure she is relieved when the attendants rush in with a replacement dome. They tell her that the dome is to restore the creature's native atmosphere, not for her protection. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Christopher Rule |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Characters | Gyor Kosice; Maria |
| Synopsis | A boy adopted by gypsies refuses to work hard and lives a wasted life. As he reaches middle ages he is given a second chance at life when he is shown a fountain of youth and returned to infancy, to be found and adopted by another gypsy couple. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | John Buscema |
| Inks | John Buscema |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #2 (1963) |
| Characters | Frank Coventry; Sally Lang |
| Synopsis | In the year 2389 space pilots do not marry because, while six months passes for them on their journeys, decades pass for their sweethearts who remain behind on Earth. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Christopher Rule |
| Notes | Inker credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #2 (1963) |