(October 1952)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Prime Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
all job numbers from atlastales.com
The Tin Cup
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- A-873
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- 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
-
in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (February 1975)
-
Bill and the Beanstalk
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gene Colan (spot illustration)
- Inks
- Gene Colan (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-847
- Reprints
- in Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #28 (June 1954) [as "Wonders of Other Worlds"]
-
He Died Screaming
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Keller (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Keller (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-594
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- 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
- in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #16 (March 1975) which is reprinted
-
in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #50 ([Octobre 1975])
-
Crazy
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Jerry Robinson (signed)
- Inks
- Jerry Robinson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-682
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- 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
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #34 (March 1975)
-
Escape…To What?
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- A-702
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man tries to escape from Hell and fails.
- Reprints
- in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (February 1975) which is reprinted
-
in Indexer Notes
Fass credit per Atlas Tales.
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. thinks this might be inks by Manny Stallman.
The Slave
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski (signed as Ed Win)
- Inks
- Ed Winiarski (signed as Ed Win)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-741
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- 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
- in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (February 1975)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Escape...To What?
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1.
The Tin Cup
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2.
Bill and the Beanstalk
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3.
He Died Screaming
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4.
Crazy
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5.
Escape…To What?
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6.
The Slave
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Dwayne Best
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Ethan Hoddes
- Mike Nielsen
- Banks S. Robinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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