| Issue | #81 |
| Published | June 1962 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in April 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth) |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | George Roussos ? |
| Notes | Cover inker suggested by Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008. Original indexer did not credit an inker. |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #25 (November 1973) |
| Characters | R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth) |
| Synopsis | In the near future of 1990, humanity has created a computer, named R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth), to settle disputes for it. A handful of communists attempt to re-program the computer to serve their aims, but the computer is incapable of any wrongdoing. Only man, the computer says, has the capacity to be evil. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Ayers (signed) |
| Notes | The second, fourth and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series). |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #25 (November 1973) |
| Characters | Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish |
| Synopsis | A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. On the 6th and 24th interior pages. |
| Reprinted | from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #36 (October 1955) |
| Characters | Tommy; Tommy's dad |
| Synopsis | Tommy's father takes him to the zoo, but Tommy is only interested in the knights and dragons in his book. Tommy's father passes through a mist at the zoo and emerges in Camelot, where he slays a dragon. When he returns to the present, he recognizes his own face in Tommy's book. |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Ayers (signed) |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series). |
| Characters | Kunga |
| Synopsis | Two hunters investigate reports of a gigantic gorilla, but when they confront it, they discover that the gorilla isn't from Earth at all, and that some times force is not the solution to every problem. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Gene Colan |
| Inks | Gene Colan |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series). |
| Characters | Nick Nash; "Tightwad" Ted; Tina Torrid |
| Synopsis | Cartoonist Nick Nash uses his comic strip to take his revenge on people, but in the end gets an ironic and surreal comeuppance. |
| Genre | horror |
| Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Notes | The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series); the last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series). |