| Issue | #9 |
| Published | June 1953 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Everett (signed) |
| Synopsis | Aliens from dimension X stop time and then destroy humanity. |
| Genre | horror |
| Pencils | Jerry Robinson (signed) |
| Inks | Jerry Robinson (signed) |
| Notes | This story is continued next issue. |
| Synopsis | When a jilted scientist is building a Frankenstein monster to kill for him, he decides to test it by using the type of lipstick his love interest wears as a kill trigger in order to pay her back for spurning him. He falls asleep on the couch, waiting for her to come over, and when she wakes him he goes into the monster's room to activate it. The monster kills him. During police questioning, it is revealed that the girl had kissed him on the forehead while he was sleeping as a reward for promising to introduce her to a show producer. |
| Pencils | John Forte (signed) |
| Inks | John Forte (signed) |
| Notes | Cover story |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | When two robbers murder a retired sea captain in his seashore house, they decide to kill his pet as well, lest it begin to howl before they have time to get far enough away from the scene of the crime. With his dying breath, the sea captain told them his pet was in the darkened garage, but unfortunately for the two killers it turns out to be a hungry giant octopus. |
| Pencils | Ed Goldfarb (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Goldfarb (signed) |
| Synopsis | A shoplifter regrets stealing and opening a black box from a "monster sale". |
| Pencils | Mac Pakula (signed) |
| Inks | Mac Pakula (signed) |
| Synopsis | A brother decides to murder his brother for an inheritance, but when the train they are traveling crashes, he decides to merely leave him to perish in the fire. When the will is read, it is revealed that the dead man was the only person who knew the location of the mine wherein the fortune was kept. |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |