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Issue Details

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.

Cover Details - "The Aliens Who Captured Earth!"

Genre science fiction
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Buscema
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

5 page story "The Terrible Time Machine!"

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)

2 page text story "The Bridge"

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)

5 page story "The Thing From Planet X"

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)

4 page story "Robot Hater!"

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)

4 page story "The Haunted House!"

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)

5 page story "The Aliens Who Conquered Earth"

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)