| Issue | #22 |
| Published | October 1961 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in August 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Bruttu [Howard Lindley] |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Bruttu [Howard Lindley]; Anne Benson |
| Synopsis | An often bullied scientist accidentally transforms himself into a monster, and is attacked when he can’t make himself understood. In his new form he discovers that the girl he’d thought out of his league really loves him, and manages to make himself human again. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Bruttu!" (7 pp). |
| Reprinted | in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (June 1966); in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (August 1972); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Tommy Pidgeon; Goober Jones; Rosie; Uncle Pete |
| Synopsis | Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on earth instead of floating. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #46 (August 1956) |
| Characters | Robert Brown |
| Synopsis | A human unit on Mars realises that a disguised martian is in their midst, they cannot tell the imposter and the real human apart, until a false piece of bad news makes the real human weep, uncovering the martian. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
| Reprinted | in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #20 (November 1972); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Synopsis | A science fiction writer is stuck, so he takes some pills, hoping a nightmare will inspire him. He dreams of horrible red-eyed aliens, but is disappointed, since that's only his own dull world. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. This story is retold in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #100 (January 1964) as "The Unreal!" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber. |
| Reprinted | in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (August 1972); in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #130; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |