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Issue Details

Issue #40
Published April 1956
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "Hidden Land!"

Pencils Carl Burgos
Inks Carl Burgos
Letters typeset

4 page story "The Hidden Land!"

Synopsis A man steals a mystic ring from monks in Tibet which gives him fortune but ruins his health. When an employee takes the ring from his bosses' desk he thinks the ring could give him wealth too, but the monks come for it and ask him to return it. He thinks about the price that his boss has paid for his financial success and gives back the ring.
Pencils Manny Stallman
Inks Manny Stallman

4 page story "A Warning Voice!"

Synopsis A soldier's son plays an old record that gets stuck at the phrase 'watch out' and somehow the man hears the warning and it helps him to avoid dangerous situations on his way back to his family.
Pencils Vic Carrabotta
Inks Vic Carrabotta

2 page text story "The Travelers"

Letters typeset

4 page story "Crossroads of Destiny!"

Synopsis A man creates a machine that allows him to visit alternate timelines and he sees that the one he married his sweetheart instead of sending her away was good, so he wrecks his machine and looks her up again.
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes Features Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) and Italian navigator Christopher Columbus (1451-1506).

3 page story "Sammy's Secret!"

Synopsis A Venusian lost during an exploratory trip to Earth is adopted and must keep his ability to fly a secret. He is picked up by his comrades and taken back to Venus where everyone can fly.
Pencils Werner Roth
Inks Werner Roth

4 page story "The Silent Stranger"

Synopsis A statue comes to life to help with the urban renewal of a small town.
Pencils Ed Winiarski
Inks Ed Winiarski

4 page story "March Has 32 Days"

Synopsis A day repeats itself when an engineer sees his wife off at the airport instead of inspecting a bridge and the bridge collapses. During the repeat, he goes to the bridge instead and prevents the collapse.
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko