- Script
- Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (credited as R. Berns) (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Ray Holloway; ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Jane Foster; The Radioactive Man; General Fu
- Synopsis
- While on a medical mission to India, Dr. Blake becomes Thor to repel a Chinese attack. In order to fight Thor, a Chinese scientist irradiates himself to gain great power. He fights Thor in New York, and nearly defeats him, but Thor blows him back to China, creating a nuclear explosion.
- Reprints
A new text box at the end of this story prepares the reader for "next week's full-length humdinger" in which Thor and Loki attack the human race.
- Script
- Alf Wallace
- Pencils
- Luis Bermejo
- Inks
- Luis Bermejo
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I Have Always Suspected That You Possess Secrets Unknown To Other Men!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- The Missing Link; Viktor Kelso; Lita Munro
- Synopsis
- Dr. Kelso subjects the Link to the effects of his newest invention, "The Brain Thief". However, Kelso's brain is overwhelmed by the process and he loses all self-will. The Link tells Kelso to free him and then to write a full confession of his crimes. The Link calls Lita Munro and arranges to meet her. Munro's telephone line is being tapped by the police. They turn up at the rendezvous point and try to arrest him. He goes crazy, transforms (like the Hulk does but without ripping his clothes) and chases them off. When he has calmed down he tells Lita he doesn't want to see her again.
- Reprints
- Script
- Alf Wallace (credited as Alf); Bob Bartholomew (credited as Bart)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Letters from Billy McCully, J. Baily, John Ennor, Kevin Florey, Patricia Page, D. Harmon, Anthony Stephenson, G. Cannan and Alan Stevenson
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl; The Beast; Iceman; The Angel; Professor X]; Mastermind; Unus
- Synopsis
- After being attacked by a mutant hating crowd, Beast gets fed up and quits the X-Men. He becomes a professional wrestler but meets Unus, a mutant who cannot be touched. Unus meets Mastermind and asks to join Magneto's Brotherhood. In order to prove himself, he is told to find and defeat one of the X-Men.
- Reprints
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Bill (a smoker!); A young teenage boy (unnamed); Johnny
- Synopsis
- Bill and his young companion are fishing from a small boat on the ocean. The boy wants to know why Bill has taken up smoking. A sudden storm tips them out of the boat. Bill only stays afloat because the lad helps him. Luckily for them, Johnny is nearby. He sees their peril, performs an Olympic dive from a clifftop, and rescues them. Bill blames his lack of fitness on his smoking habit and decides to quit. He buys some new fishing tackle with the money he saves.
Anti-smokimg public service announcement.
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Letters
- Artie Simek; ?
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original story)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man; The Scarecrow; Harold "Happy" Hogan; Virginia "Pepper" Potts
- Synopsis
- The Scarecrow has stolen some plans from Tony Stark to sell them to Cuba. Iron Man follows the Scarecrow and steals back the plans.
- Reprints
The first page of the story recaps the events of the previous issue. The reprinted segments are - panels 3-5 of page 3; panel 7 of page 5
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iceman