| Issue | #3 |
| Published | May 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. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | John Buscema |
| Inks | John Buscema |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Ashley Hunt |
| Synopsis | A scientist travels back in time to ancient Egypt and loses his memory after a paradoxical encounter with himself, or at least that's the story an Egyptian man dreamed after hitting his head. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Christopher Rule |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Dr. Title; Douglas Jenks |
| Synopsis | A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge. |
| Genre | spy; occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #7 (May 1957) |
| Synopsis | Space explorers fall under the mental sway of a sentient plant that they collect. After destroying the ship to save Earth, they say the crash was accidental, since they wouldn’t be believed. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Vincent Latimer |
| Synopsis | A man who hates robots refuses to have a robot pilot his flight to the moon, and insists on a human pilot. The flight gets in trouble and the pilot, really a humanoid robot, saves his life. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee ? |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Notes | Narrated in the second person. This story is retold in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #23 (September 1961) as "Less Than Human", drawn by Don Heck and in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #45 (July 1963) as "It Walks Like a Man!" by Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein and Paul Reinman. Writing tentatively credited to Stan Lee on the basis of his plot credit on the later version of the story. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Joe Collins; Duke Warren |
| Synopsis | Two fugitives hide in an old house, disguising themselves as ghosts to frighten away children. They themselves flee the house because of ghostly noises made by fifth-dimensional beings. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Darius Christopher |
| Synopsis | Alien invaders panic Earth with powerful distintegrating weapons, but when the president of Earth confronts them he is immune to their rays because of his own faith. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Joe Sinnott (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Sinnott (signed) |
| Notes | Narrated in the second person. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |