| Issue | #23 |
| Published | November 1961 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in August 1961 (August 8 according to Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group, August 22 according to Bob Bailey). This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. |
| Characters | John; Martha |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Synopsis | A teenager uncovers a plot of two-dimensional beings to invade Earth by posing as a construction crew to dig a hole in the street that acts as a passageway between dimensions and thwarts their designs. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. Script and inks added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) |
| Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #9 (August 1972); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Tom Norton; Mr. Mason; Mr. Frank; Bobby Norton |
| Synopsis | A real estate agent gains telepathy from a magic paper weight. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | ? (illustration) |
| Inks | ? (illustration) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.). Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #24 (October 1955) |
| Characters | John; Martha |
| Synopsis | A retired couple exploring the Everglades comes upon an alien who has been mired in the bog after landing to affect repairs and was making his way back to the ship. In exchange for their help in securing enough vines to pull him free of the bog, he removes their memories of the incident and makes them younger. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (signed) |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) |
| Reprinted | in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #19 (October 1972); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Simon Queel; Luther Zoroni |
| Synopsis | A greedy elevator operator fakes an accident to get a rich customer to give him a big tip, but the elevator falls forever as the suddenly sinister passenger promises he’ll get his reward. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Notes | Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) |
| Reprinted | in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #19 (September 1972); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | John; Alana |
| Synopsis | A teenager in the future desires to return to Earth despite scientist's warning that over thousands of years humans are no longer adapted to life on Earth. When the boy steals a rocket ship and makes the faster than light journey back to the original homeworld, he finds that the scientists were indeed correct as his rocket ship is only about an inch tall to the Earthmen. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Notes | Script and inks added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.). This story is similar to "I Landed on the Forbidden Planet!" drawn by Steve Ditko in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #5 (September 1959). |
| Reprinted | in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #19 (October 1972); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |