| Issue | #11 |
| Published | September 1960 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in April 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Monstrom |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Monstrom; John; Billy; Sara |
| Synopsis | A vacationing family finds a monster in a swamp. The locals drive it back into the swamp with torches, but it was only a shipwrecked alien trying to get help. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970); in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #18 (September 1975); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Leroy; Zoop |
| Synopsis | A young boy meets a tiny space traveler from Skyville, a suburb of Mars, trapped in a balloon. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is split with the statement of ownership. |
| Reprinted | from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #6 (October 1956) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Average monthly circulation not provided. This shares the first page of "The Balloon". |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Ralph; Anne |
| Synopsis | A man reactivates an illegal robot in order to gain recognition for stopping it. He destroys the robot, but realizes that robots are harmless, and instead of cashing in he confesses his plan, and advocates the legalization of robots. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | This story is set in 1967. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Carl; Derek |
| Synopsis | A scientist builds a time machine to travel into the future. He believes that he has travelled to the past, demonstrating that the future does not yet exist, but in fact he saw a future in which Earth was abandoned. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | This is a retelling of "Journey into Nowhere!" drawn by Joe Sinnott, from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #69 (June 1959). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #6 (November 1970); in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #18 (July 1975); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Markas; Drothor (flashback) |
| Synopsis | An artist creates a mask based on the face of an ancient sorceror. He robs a mansion wearing this mask, but his face has transformed to matach it. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | This is a retelling of "Who Hides Beneath My Mask?" drawn by Dick Ayers in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #6 (November 1959). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #7 (October 1970); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #140 (August 24, 1976) [as "Ho indossato... la maschera di Drothor!", Italian translation]; in Inferno (Marvel Italia, 1996 series) #4 (June 1997) [as "La maschera di Drothor!", Italian translation]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |