| Issue | #3 |
| Published | August 1961 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in May 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Joseph William Marek provided corrections and updates (May 23, 2003). Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Paul Harper; Cathy |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Characters | Paul Harper; Cathy; Cro |
| Synopsis | A college student and his girlfriend are transported into prehistoric times, where they discover that legends like the abominable snowman and flying saucers are the result of time anomalies. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| 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—"Trapped in the Twilight World!" (7 pp). Writer credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. |
| Characters | Claude Duval; M. Finnault; Mme. Fleury |
| Synopsis | Claude Duval is a portrait painter of high renown. Nobility is always asking for commissions from him. He now turns them all down, saying he wants to paint a landscape that shall be a symbol of man’'s peace and contentment. He has the landlady lock him in. She is only allowed to open the door to bring him food. At the order of the queen, she is forced to unlock the door one day. The painter is gone, the portrait is finished – and a small figure reclining by a lake (in the painting) looks exactly like Claude Duval. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #28 (November 1955) |
| Characters | Jim; Carol; Teddy |
| Synopsis | As a young girl, Carol had received a teddy bear that she kept by her side always. Her husband, Jim, is a surveyor, and is assigned to a rough rocky region for a short period. Jim spots some mountain lions tracks, and, gun in hand, goes off after the beast; however, the mountain lion knocks Jim aside, damaging his gun, and heads for the tent where Carol is asleep. When Jim reaches the tent the mountain lion is dead and the teddy bear has some inexplicable scratches on it. Jim no longer criticizes Carol for wanting to take the bear everywhere. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Writer credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. |
| Characters | Dr. Anthony Droom [later retroactively renamed Doctor Druid]; Zemu |
| Synopsis | Zemu appears to be a stage magician of incredible prowess. His name is on everyone's lips. Zemu announces he is running for governor. Dr. Droom not only discovers that Zemo is a fraud, but also is an alien from Saturn, bent on paving the way for an alien invasion. Dr. Droom overpowers him, hypnotizes him so that he'll reveal the truth, and turns him over to the authorities. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Writer credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. |
| Reprinted | in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #20 (January 1977) [as a Doctor Druid story] |