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Issue Details

Issue #54
Published December 1956
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "The Thing!"

4 page story "Who Steals My Brain"

Synopsis A passive alien scout for an invasion assumes a human disguise but leaves when he becomes fed up with human violent entertainment.

4 page story "Tyrant!"

Synopsis A man gains mind-reading powers from volcano vapors and uses them to achieve political power.

2 page text story "Time and Time Again"

Letters typeset
Reprinted from Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #5 (October 1955) [originally titled "Strange Rescue"]

4 page story "The Four Sam Smiths!"

Synopsis A woman pays actors in an attempt to reform her crooked husband by fooling him into believing that an accident with a cyclotron has sent him into a "Mirror, Mirror" universe.

3 page story "The Face in the Air!"

Synopsis A solider saves a brain surgeon from drowning who later saves his life by performing difficult surgery.

4 page story "The Thing!"

Synopsis A Martian pet has misadventures on Earth until picked up by his master.

4 page story "Out of the Swamp"

Synopsis A rich man invests his money in trying to build up a town in a swamp but it turns out to be a mirage.