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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published July 1960
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in February 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "I Was Trapped by...Titano! The Monster That Time Forgot!"

Characters Titano
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, February 2009. Original indexer had not credited an inker.
Reprinted in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #7 (September 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

7 page story "I Was Trapped By Titano the Monster That Time Forgot!"

Characters Titano; Makau; Cdr. Hartnell; Johnson
Synopsis A gigantic, mutant crab is sighted terrorizing various islands in the South Pacific. When the American military learn of this, they assign Commander Hartnell to put a stop to the crustacean threat that has become known as Titano. Hartnell's crew has several encounters with Titano and they eventually lure him to the Arctic. Hartnell maneuvers his ship so deftly that he manages to trap Titano between two giant glaciers.
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Sinnott
Notes Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #7 (September 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

2 page text story "The Flying Saucer That Was"

Characters George Ridley; Monroe Marks; Dr. Willard Seldin; Harry Landau
Synopsis A teacher frantically tries to convince people that he saw aliens, but it turns out that they are friendly and make him their ambassador.
Genre science fiction
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #12 (June 1953)

6 page story "Only I Know When the World Will End!!!"

Characters Kartu
Synopsis A derelict claims to be from another world and says that another planet will collide with Earth within days, but he is believed mad. He escapes and decides that he really is insane, hiding in a cave while, unknown to him, astronomers observe a nearby planetary collision and realise that he really was an alien.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Notes Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

5 page story "Something Lurks Inside!"

Characters Ted Karson
Synopsis A space explorer cannot rid his ship of vicious alien spiders, and is forced to sacrifice himself to save Earth.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks Steve Ditko (signed)
Notes Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

5 page story "What Was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd!!?"

Characters Simon Drudd; Bentley
Synopsis A scientist selfishly uses a youth serum to gain an advantage over other people, but the serum ages him backwards into non-existance.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Christopher Rule
Notes Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)