| Issue | #73 |
| Published | February 1960 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in October 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person. Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Grottu |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Bill Everett |
| Characters | Frank [Ulysses Bloodstone] (earliest published appearance according to later continuity); Lynn Avery; Kasenga; Grottu (introduction, origin) |
| Synopsis | A journalist and an archaeologist go to Africa and find an atomically mutated giant ant with super-intelligence. The giant ant tries to lead an army of insects to world conquest, but is foiled when the humans use sugar to turn his ants against him. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Bill Everett |
| Notes | Grottu's next published appearance is in Fantastic Four Unlimited (Marvel, 1993 series) #7 (September 1994), his next chronological appearance is in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005). In later retcons it is established that Grottu's creation was planned by the Deviants. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962); in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (May 1970); in Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | Prof. Egen |
| Synopsis | A scientist builds a time machine and uses it to travel into the future against the advice of his peers. He finds that time is an infinite loop, and when he reaches his own time his memories disappear and he is once more building a time machine. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (June 1966) |
| Characters | Wally Hadley |
| Synopsis | When a family moves to a house in the country their son finds a gnarled little tree on their land that grants wishes. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #11 (October 1955) |
| Characters | Dan; Casey |
| Synopsis | A subway train full of people is hijacked and held by a subterranean race. The police fight the creatures and retrieve the train, only to discover that the creatures were actually peaceful. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (December 1971) |
| Characters | Robot 235 |
| Synopsis | A robot is sent to Earth by alien conquerers to force them to surrender or be destroyed. The finer qualities of humanity convince the robot decides to destroy his creators' world instead. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |