(October 1952)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Prime Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Atlas [wireframe globe]
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Golden Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
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- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (February 1975)
He Died Screaming
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Keller
- Inks:
- Jack Keller
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-594
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Synopsis:
- A man doesn't want his daughter to learn where he keeps his money so he shuts himself in with it, only remembering too late that his hiding place is soundproof and airtight.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #16 (March 1975) which is reprinted
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #50 ([Octobre 1975])
The Tin Cup
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Perlin
- Inks:
- Abe Simon
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-873
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Synopsis:
- An actor poses as crippled, scarred and blind in one eye so as to bilk people out of sympathy money but then fate conspires to inflict such deformities upon him for real.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (February 1975)
Crazy
comic story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jerry Robinson
- Inks:
- Jerry Robinson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-682
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Synopsis:
- A motorist hits a pedestrian and keeps going. When he gets to a small town the people observe him strangely and he thinks they must not get many visitors. They gather around his car with sticks and rope. They bind him and he asks them if they are crazy. It turns out the body of the man he struck is still in the car's grill.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #34 (March 1975)
The Slave
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ed Winiarski
- Inks:
- Ed Winiarski
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-741
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Synopsis:
- Sailor Joe Garcy travels to South America to seek his fortune. Discovering that Inca natives traditionally bury their dead with their belongings, he begins robbing crypts in search of riches. During a funeral procession, he disguises himself as an Inca slave to gain access to the burial vault. Once inside however, all of the slaves, including Joe Garcy, are sealed up behind the walls to die.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (February 1975)
Bill and the Beanstalk
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gene Colan (illustration)
- Inks:
- Gene Colan (illustration)
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- A-847
Content Information
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #28 (June 1954) [as "Wonders of Other Worlds"]
Escape…To What?
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-702
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Synopsis:
- A man tries to escape from Hell and fails.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (February 1975)
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
He Died Screaming
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2.
The Tin Cup
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3.
Crazy
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4.
The Slave
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5.
Bill and the Beanstalk
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6.
Escape…To What?
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- Tony R. Rose
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