| Issue | #14 |
| Published | December 1960 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in July 1960 This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Krang |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Krang; Prof. Carter; Ludwig |
| Synopsis | A scientist's formula makes an ant giant and super-intelligent. The ant wants to conquer the world, but is killed by a giant ant-eater. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | This story is divided into two chapters: an untitled chapter one (7 pp) and chapter two—"Krang!" (6 pp). This is one of the first two 'feature-length' monster stories published by Marvel (the other was "I Was the Slave of the Living Hulk!" published simultaneously in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #62). Three months later, these stories would be added to all four Marvel SF anthologies, and the next year a fifth series including them would be launched. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (July 1971); in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #18 (October 1976); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Mrs. Gerrity; Tom Gerrity; Officer O'Malley; Logarithm |
| Synopsis | An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Marie Severin |
| Inks | Marie Severin |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustrations. |
| Reprinted | from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #54 (April 1957) |
| Synopsis | In a black magic book, a thief finds instructions for creating a time machine which runs on electricity, but after robbing people in the 18th century and attempting to return to the 20th, he realizes he is stuck in the past because there is no electricity in the 18th century. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. This story is retold in issue #29 (March 1962) as "What Happened to Harry?" drawn by Dick Ayers. |
| Reprinted | in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #8 (November 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Ogor; 'John Cummings' [Zeno] |
| Synopsis | A martian is sent to Earth to kidnap a human scientist who has invented a weapon that Mars wants to use against Jupiter. The Martian is beaten by the scientist, who turns out to be a Jovian agent setting a trap to capture a live Martian. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #8 [as "The Beast That Walks Like a Man!"] (December 1970); in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #65 [as "La bête qui marche comme un homme!", French translation]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |