| Issue | #31 |
| Published | July 1962 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in April 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Monster in the Iron Mask |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| 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 | Monster in the Iron Mask; Bobby; Mr. Lane |
| Synopsis | A seemingly invincible alien attacks Earth, but a magician realizes that he is using misdirection to keep from facing his one weakness: gas. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Reprinted | in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #58 (May 1976) [as "Le monstre au masque de fer!", French translation]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Synopsis | A man's fascination with history leads him to build a time machine and travel to the past, but when he sees the dangers of time travel he destroys the machine and blueprints. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. Narrated in the first person. |
| Reprinted | from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #57 (March 1957) |
| Characters | Harry Drumm; Paul Drumm |
| Synopsis | A thief uses his brother to find Shangri-La. He sees a ruin full of savages and flees into the mountains to die, while his brother finds paradise, since in Shangri-La everyone gets what they deserve. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Reprinted | in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #11 (August 1975); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Mister Smythe; Elias Poole |
| Synopsis | An unsuccessful inventor finally gives up, throwing his final invention away. A boy accidentally uses the gun to disintegrate three communist agents without even noticing. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck (signed) |
| Inks | Don Heck (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #17 (June 1975); in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #55 (February 1976) [as "Le cinglé", French translation]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Synopsis | Scientists find a seemingly primitive man, but they discover that he is really from a future where nuclear war has destroyed civilization. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #36 (July 1975); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |