| Issue | #17 |
| Published | April 1953 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Genre | horror |
| Pencils | Manny Stallman ? |
| Inks | Manny Stallman ? |
| Notes | Shows Independent Distributor logo. Shows ACMP (American Comic Magazine Publishers) Seal of Approval. Credit information from www.atlastales.com. |
| Synopsis | A thug inherits an estate that has a cemetery on it so he hires a steam shovel to dig it up. When the worker uncovers human remains, he runs away frightened. The thug gets up into the cab himself to disinter the remains, but grows weary with the work after awhile and sits down under a tree to sleep. He is woken by the sound of the steam shovel but is puzzled as to who could be driving it. It bears down upon him and just before the claw descends, he sees corpses through the cab window. |
| Genre | horror |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Myron Fass ? |
| Reprinted | in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 February 1974 |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | spot illustration |
| Synopsis | A scientist who observes a flying saucer builds a device to establish contact with the Martians in order to ask them if he could go with them to Mars to avoid the likely atomic war on Earth. When a saucer lands and he gets to ask his question, the Martian laughs and shows him a picture of constant warfare on Mars. He says "We've been flying over Earth to see if we could settle here." |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Fred Kida |
| Inks | Jack Abel ? |
| Notes | The Fred Kida ink credit replaced with "Jack Abel ?" based on information from www.atlastales.com. |
| Synopsis | In a hospital prison ward a condemned killer's other occupant in the room tells him that there are no bars on the window. The killer attempts to escape through the window, but the other patient in the room turns out to be Death and the window looks into the execution chamber. The killer's heart gives out. |
| Genre | horror |
| Pencils | Carmine Infantino; Carl Burgos (last panel only) |
| Inks | Carmine Infantino; Carl Burgos (last panel only) |
| Notes | Credit information from www.atlastales.com. |
| Reprinted | in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #3 |
| Synopsis | A woman relates her nightmare to her psychologist of living a very ordinary housewife routine. The last panel reveals she is a witch with an abnormal desire to live as a regular person seeking treatment from her warlock psychologist. |
| Genre | horror |
| Reprinted | in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 February 1974 |
| Genre | horror |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Russ Heath (signed) |
| Inks | Russ Heath (signed) |