| Issue | #24 |
| Published | December 1961 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in September 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Mason |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Notes | Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006). |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Mastwerworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Mason |
| Synopsis | A soldier is placed underground in a capsule to test the effects of isolation. He is attacked by a telepathic insect. They blame the experience on stress, but a piece of the insect is on the pod. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Notes | This story is an altered retelling of "A Monster Waits Outside!!" drawn by Steve Ditko from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (October 1960). |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #19 (January 1973); in Marvel Mastwerworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Colin; Mr. Plum; Gertrude |
| Synopsis | A dull teacher earns accolades by accidentally helping capture a Martian criminal. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Joe Maneely |
| Inks | Joe Maneely |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #52 (October 1956) |
| Characters | King Linus; Claudius Zemo; Klugari |
| Synopsis | A king is beset by an assassin in the king's clockroom whereupon the assassin is magiked into yet another figurine upon the king's favorite timepiece. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Pencilling credit changed from Don Heck to Jack Kirby due to Error List email, confirmed by Kirby checklist at marvelmasterworks.com. Inker and letterer credit from index of reprint. |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #19 (January 1973) [pp1–4, 6]; in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #11; in Marvel Mastwerworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Sam Farrow |
| Synopsis | An unrepentant con-man is scared straight when he strays onto a forbidden road and enters a world between life and death. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #19 (January 1973); in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 Series) #18; in Marvel Mastwerworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | King Kim; Queen Sari; Prince Rujak |
| Synopsis | A greedy prince marries a dowager queen. He tries to use her sleepwalking to cause her death, but the portrait of her husband calls out to warn her, and ghostly hands push the prince to his death. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #19 (January 1973); in Marvel Mastwerworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |