| Issue | #82 |
| Published | March 1961 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in October 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers, Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, and others via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Munch's animated construct [only called "It" in title] |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Characters | Heinrich Munch; Munch's animated construct [only called "It" in title] |
| Synopsis | A scientist builds a creature to kill a rival, but it refuses to obey. Its creator turns the local people against it, and in trying to kill the creature, the scientist is killed and the thing’s mind is transferred to his body, freeing it to live as a man. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | This story is divided into two chapters: an untitled chapter 1 (6 pp) and chapter 2—"'It' Lives!" (7 pp). |
| Reprinted | in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #4 (August 1966); in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #15 (February 1972) |
| Characters | Bob Winkle; Fred Dunn |
| Synopsis | Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Joe Maneely |
| Inks | Joe Maneely |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #53 (September 1956) |
| Synopsis | A scientist creates a pill to shrink himself to subatomic size, convinced that whole other worlds exist at microscopic levels. His pill works, and he vanishes into a whole new world called Earth. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | This story is a retelling of "I Shrunk Away to Nothing!", also drawn by Ditko, from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #56 (January 1960). |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #17 (September 1972); in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #37 (September 1975) |
| Characters | Darius Storme |
| Synopsis | A cruel hunter pursues a sea monster for sport, but finds himself at its mercy. The creature is intelligent and telepathically berates the hunter, leaving him alive to suffer the punishment of never finding anyone who will believe his story. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #37 (September 1972) |