| Issue | #16 |
| Published | June 1954 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Genre | Horror |
| Pencils | Bill Everett |
| Inks | Bill Everett |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2009) |
| Synopsis | A man wrapped in bandages is on trial for murder after slaying a vampire. After the jury does not buy his vampire hunting story and convicts him, he removes his bandages revealing himself to be a zombie pursuing revenge after he was killed by the vampire one year ago. |
| Pencils | Doug Wildey |
| Inks | Doug Wildey |
| Reprinted | in MONSTERS UNLEASHED (Marvel, 1973 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2009) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #2 (August 1952) [originally titled "The Curse"]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2009) |
| Synopsis | Communists get the idea to swap a spy for the village idiot in a centrally located village by taking a hermit and training him to pass for the idiot, but they succeed in their training too well. |
| Genre | Horror |
| Pencils | Al Eadeh |
| Inks | Al Eadeh |
| Reprinted | in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #10 (September 1974); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2009) |
| Synopsis | A man invents a youth serum and wishes to give it to the oldest member of an old folks home, but the man doesn't want it. When they administer it to him anyway, he reverts to his true alien form, which is the signal to begin the invasion. |
| Pencils | Bill Walton |
| Inks | Bill Walton |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2009) |
| Synopsis | A man leaves his estate to those four children who attend his funeral, of which, only his daughter does. |
| Genre | Horror |
| Pencils | Mannie Banks |
| Inks | Mannie Banks |
| Reprinted | in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #10 (September 1974); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2009) |
| Characters | Paul Jessup; Marie Jessup (Death); Tavish; Don (Death) |
| Synopsis | An inventor who loves his wife asks an electronic brain which he devised two questions, 'When will my wife die?' and 'When will I die?' The brain answers 'Your wife will be murdered ten minutes from now.' He seizes the gun from his desk and races home knowing that there is still time to save her. When he arrives, he realizes his wife is having an affair. Since he loves her, he forgives her, but trains the gun on the man. During the struggle, the gun goes off, and kills the wife. The distraught husband thinks to himself that without her life is not worth living and commits suicide, which back in the office building, the electronic brain also correctly predicts. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Pencils | Vic Carrabotta (signed) |
| Inks | Vic Carrabotta (signed) |
| Notes | Job number and signature of artists from the Atlas Tales website. |
| Reprinted | in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #12 (August 1974); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 |