| Issue | #75 |
| Published | June 1960 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in January 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified. 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 | Taboo |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Characters | Lewis Conrad; Taboo (introduction, origin) |
| Synopsis | A popular adventure writer finds a giant mud creature from another planet stranded in a Brazilian swamp. The alien tricks him into bringing all Earth's scientific records for nefarious purposes, but is destroyed by an H-bomb hidden with the records. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Taboo next appears in issue #77 (October 1960). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (March 1970); in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (December 1975); in Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) #nn (1989) |
| Characters | Totem; Bull Drago (cameo) Hunk (cameo) |
| Synopsis | The totem frightens the two convicts into a state of shock, but then goes on a rampage through the reservation and a nearby town. The chieftain concocts a potion to destroy the totem, and succeeds in stopping the monster, though at the cost of his own life. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee ? |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Continues from last issue. Narrated in the third person. Job number from Steve Grant, 2005-04-20 (Per Sandell ed.) |
| Reprinted | in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (December 1975); in Monster Menace (Marvel, 1993 series) #4 (March 1994) |
| Characters | Johnny |
| Synopsis | Johnny finds a magic wishing stone, but wishes it away because magic would make life no fun. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | The first page of this story is printed between "Taboo! The Thing From the Murky Swamp!" and "The Return of the Totem!", while the second page is printed between "Doomsday!" and "I Made the Hulk Live". The last page is split with the statement of ownership. |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #41 (January 1956) |
| Characters | Lynn; Walter |
| Synopsis | Two scientists accidentally release a gas that will kill all life on Earth. An unnatural wind disperses the gas, convincing one of the scientists of the other’s belief in a higher power. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Shares the last page of "The Strange Stone". Average sales not printed. |
| Characters | Albert Poole; Blake |
| Synopsis | A short and bitter scientist is obsessed with building a powerful giant robot body. He traps himself inside without the means to activate the robot, living out his life on the food which he'd stored inside. |
| 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 Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #22 (September 1976) [as "I Created Grutan!"] |