| Issue | #56 |
| Published | January 1960 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in October 1959. 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 | Zog |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Jack Kirby ? |
| Notes | Cover inks suggestion by Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors List (December 2008). |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #6 (May 1971) [partial] |
| Characters | Charles Burton; Zog |
| Synopsis | An alien giant is found in a glacier, causing fear of what might happen if it gets free. A scientist thinks that the fear is dangerous and frees it, finding that the alien is harmless. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #6 (May 1971) |
| Characters | Doyle Fairless; Sandy Clark |
| Synopsis | A man is thought mad for designing underground homes, until everyone moves underground and surface-dwellers are thought mad. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #34 (January 1957) |
| Characters | John |
| Synopsis | A man visiting a coastal town is stranded in an abandoned lighthouse during a storm and sees a ghostly ship and pirates arrive. Next morning he finds a life preserver from the Flying Dutchman. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Joe Sinnott |
| Inks | Joe Sinnott |
| Notes | Information on this sequence from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (July 1971) |
| Characters | Hank Garnett |
| Synopsis | A space explorer sells the seeds of an alien plant, before finding to his horror that the plants spawn monsters. He uses the monster’s need for water to escape and stop the growth of more like it. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Christopher Rule |
| Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #6 (May 1971) |
| Characters | Brad; Prof. Ace |
| Synopsis | A man needs to raise money for his brother's medical treatment and so he answers an ad from a scientist seeking to test a shrinking ray. He agrees to be the subject and the ray works. He finds himself shrinking past microscopic objects and finally finds himself in a new world. When he asks a native what this world is called, he receives the answer 'Earth'. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Notes | This story is retold in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #82 (March 1961) as "The World Beyond" (also drawn by Ditko). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #6 (May 1971) |