| Issue | #22 |
| Published | August 1961 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in May 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Inks | Dick Ayers (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Walter Carter; The Crawling Creature |
| Synopsis | A teenager mans a drill-pod and finds a primitive tribe and a horrible creature beneath the surface. He lures the creature to the surface to save the tribe and traps it in a canyon, keeping all of this secret. |
| Genre | monsters |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two untitled parts (6 pp, 7 pp). |
| Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #13 (January 1972); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Joe; Timothy Braun |
| Synopsis | A teenager is inventing a mechanical potato peeler, but a supernatural figure stops him to preserve the culture of hand-peeling potatoes in kitchens. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #47 (May 1956) |
| Synopsis | A writer buys a used typewriter that will only type a plea for help and an address, no matter what keys are struck. The writer goes to the address, and finds the typewriter's former owner trapped in a dangerous car accident. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
| Reprinted | in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #15 (January 1972); in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #21 (November 1975); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |
| Characters | Max Kole; Grimm |
| Synopsis | A second-string drummer is envious of another member of the band, and so when he hears about a local gypsy, he goes to see her about improving his playing ability. At first, she refuses to help him because she can tell he is asking out of impure motives, but he threatens her with violence and so she casts her spell. At first, he is happy with his new fame as an excellent drummer, until he realizes...that he can never stop. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Reprinted | in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #20 (November 1972); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010) |