| Issue | #89 |
| Published | October 1961 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in July 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers, Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, and others via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Fin Fang Foom |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #21 (May 1973); in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #24 (June 1974) [reduced in p10: panel 4 of "Five Claws of Death!"]; in Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang 4 (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005); in Marvel Visionaries (Marvel, 2004 series) #2 (2006) |
| Characters | Fin Fang Foom (introduction); Chan Liuchow; Chung Liuchow |
| Synopsis | A young historian from Taiwan crosses to the mainland to awake the dragon Fin Fang Foom and foil a communist invasion. He lures the dragon to the coast to wreck the invasion fleet, and then lures it back to its layer before restoring its mystical slumber. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: part one (6 pp) and part two (7 pp). Fin Fang Foom next appears in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #23 (April 1974). |
| Reprinted | in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #2 (April 1966); in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #21 (May 1973); in Astonishing Tales (Marvel, 1970 series) #23 (April 1974) [p1, p5: panels 4–6, p6: panels 2-4, p8: panel 2, as part of "Conquerors Three!"]; in Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) #[nn] (1989); in Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang 4 (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005); in Marvel Visionaries: Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2004 series) #2 (2006); in Hulk vs. Fin Fang Foom (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (February 2008) |
| Characters | Ted Jason |
| Synopsis | A quiz show host finds himself mysteriously transported to the far future for a brief time. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (October 1956) |
| Characters | Martin Kastle |
| Synopsis | A wealthy retiree keeps a magnificent greenhouse, where he talks to the plants. When a burglar tries to kill him, his plants come to life and stop the intruder, saving their friend's life. |
| Genre | horror |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Characters | Simon Kluge |
| Synopsis | A greedy man locates the source of Midas’s power, planning to stop the undesirable effects with gloves. He gains the power but finds that his gloves turn to gold, dooming him to the same fate as Midas. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |