| Issue | #53 |
| Published | September 1956 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett |
| Synopsis | A thousand-year old tribe builds a 'thoughtscope' in order to contact Mars, but the Martians use the device to place them into suspended animation. An explorer breaks the device, freeing them. |
| Pencils | Lou Morales (signed) |
| Inks | Lou Morales (signed) |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Synopsis | Three men survive being tossed out into the airless vacuum of space and reverse the direction of the rocketship so that it does not convey criminals to Mars. |
| Pencils | Sid Greene |
| Inks | Sid Greene |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #14 |
| Synopsis | A romantic ghost story about a dead woman who returns a compliment by saving the lives of some trapped tunnel workers. |
| Pencils | John Forte (signed) |
| Inks | John Forte (signed) |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Synopsis | Some hunters encounter a mammoth that turns out to be a circus animal from outer space. |
| Pencils | Dave Berg (signed) |
| Inks | Dave Berg (signed) |
| Notes | Job Number information from www.atlastales.com. |
| Characters | Bob Winkle; Fred Dunn |
| Synopsis | Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty. |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Reprinted | in Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #60 (June 1957) [as "The Restaurant in the Sky"]; in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #52 (March 1959); in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #82 (March 1961); in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1951 series) #68 (May 1961); in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #46 (October 1963) |
| Synopsis | Mermaids buy a leaky house. |
| Pencils | Ted Galindo (signed) |
| Inks | Ted Galindo (signed) |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Synopsis | A scientist builds a time machine for a dictator who wishes to travel 50 years into the past with gold and plans for the H-Bomb in order to escape a losing war. Unfortunately for him, the device drops him into the past as he was 50 years ago, an infant. |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |