| Issue | #1 |
| Published | January 1959 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in September 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | "Experiment 247"; Capt. Kane; Prof. Briggs; Dr. Parker |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Christopher Rule |
| Reprinted | in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974) [monster significantly redrawn]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Capt. Kane; Simms; Prof. Briggs; Dr. Parker; "Experiment 247"; "Experiment XYZ" |
| Synopsis | An expedition in remote waters finds a missing scientist who has used serums to create giant turtles, one the size of a house, the other the size of an island. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Christopher Rule |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974); in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #35 (June 1974) [as "Nous avons trouvé la neuvième merveille du monde!", French translation]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Larry Winters; Rita Winters |
| Synopsis | An investigator works diligently to discover the logical explanations behind the odd occurrences at a couple's newly purchased home. He is, in fact, a poltergeist who attempts to allay suspicion of his kind's existence among humans. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962); in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (October 1974); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | John Tyler; Mary Tyler; Bobby Tyler |
| Synopsis | When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustrations. Artist credits from the record of Journey Into Mystery #44. |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (March 1957) |
| Characters | Hank Jordan; Bob Jonson; Azka |
| Synopsis | A businessman bigoted against robots tries to make a deal to tap the resources of a planet rich in exploding pools of radioactive oil. The natives refuse to sell their oil, since they are robots and it is too vital to them. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Carl Burgos |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Penciler credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish, formerly incorrectly attributed to Paul Reinman. |
| Reprinted | in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Mark Briton |
| Synopsis | Mysterious billboards appear, each bearing a picture of an alien soldier. A newspaperman realizes just in time that the billboards are an attempt by a two-dimensional alien race to hide an invasion. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Davis |
| Inks | Jack Davis |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |