| Issue | #29 |
| Published | May 1962 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in February 1962 (February 8 according to Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website, February 27 according to Bob Bailey). This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. |
| Genre | science fiction; horror |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Bill Gordon; Bobby Carter |
| Synopsis | A Martian steals a city piece by piece, until a young boy figures out that it is vulnerable to light. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Larry Lieber (script, plot); Stan Lee (plot) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Script, inks and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.) |
| Reprinted | in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #21 (February 1973); in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #20 (October 1975); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Sam Catlett; Caspar; Ben Rump; Bill Rump |
| Synopsis | A local millionaire secludes himself from his old bowling buddies as he becomes wealthier, but they discover that he misses them so much that he has invented a robotic bowling alley. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | The first page is printed between the pages of "The Martian Who Stole a City!", while the second page is printed between "It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop...Or Was It??!" and "The Thing In the Locked Room!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership. Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.) |
| Reprinted | from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #45 (January 1956) |
| Characters | Capt. Rick Marshall |
| Synopsis | Trapped on a small planet a group of space pilots almost kill a space dragon out of fear until they realize that it protects the planet from runaway asteroids. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script, plot) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Kirby. Script, inks and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.) |
| Reprinted | in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #21 (February 1973); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Mugsy Bogar |
| Synopsis | Mugsy Bogar is a crook on the run. A mysterious figure instructs him to hide in a nearby barbershop. He goes in and the barber hides him forever. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Notes | The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. Script and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.) |
| Reprinted | in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #15 (February 1975); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Average circulation per issue October 1960–September 1961 (issues #26–36, despite monthly cover dates): 184,635. This shares the last page of "Mystery Mansion". |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Prince Zemu |
| Synopsis | Prince Zemu takes a strange painting as part of his booty, only to discover it saps his life and youth from him. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script, plot) |
| Pencils | Don Heck (signed) |
| Inks | Don Heck (signed) |
| Notes | Script and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.) |
| Reprinted | in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #17 (July 1975); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |