(December 1952)

Marvel, 1951 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Chipiden Publishing Corp.
Brand:
Atlas [black & white]
Editing:
Stan Lee
Format:
Four Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series

Death Makes a Deal! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Bill Everett
Inks:
Bill Everett
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
horror-suspense
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)

The Witching Hours! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Goldfarb
Inks:
Ed Goldfarb
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
B-348

Content Information

Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
A man marries the beautiful daughter of a witch. After he clouts her over the head, she tells him "Now that we're married, you'll have to stop being so mean to mother."
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (April 1973)
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)

The Power of Hatred (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (illustration)
Inks:
? (illustration)
Colors:
? (illustration)
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
B-5

Content Information

Genre:
horror-suspense
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)

Death Makes a Deal! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Robbins
Inks:
Ed Robbins
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
B-277

Content Information

Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
A washed-up reporter needs to come up with a scoop or he will be fired. He meets Death, who reveals future tragedies to him so that he can write up the stories, but there is a heavy price to pay.
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)

The Hiding Place (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Carl Wessler
Pencils:
John Tartaglione [as J. T.] (signed)
Inks:
John Tartaglione [as J. T.] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
B-262

Content Information

Genre:
crime; horror-suspense
Synopsis:
Three crooks hide the money they've stolen and agree to retrieve it in a year. but each one plots to get the loot for himself, which leads to their deaths.
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (April 1973)
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)

Indexer Notes

credits from the Masterworks reprint


The Bugs (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Larry Woromay (signed)
Inks:
Larry Woromay
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
B-341

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Synopsis:
Alien scientists are disgusted when they look at the humans they have collected from Earth under their microscopes and recommend that the small planet be destroyed.
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (April 1973)
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)

The Secret of Christopher Morse (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski (signed)
Inks:
Ed Winiarski
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
B-386

Content Information

Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
A reclusive actor refuses to leave the stage to act in films. An accident reveals his true hideous face which causes him to kill his fiancee and then himself.
Reprints:
Reprint Note before Migration:
  • in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #2 ([February] 2009)

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. Death Makes a Deal!
  2. 1. The Witching Hours!
  3. 2. The Power of Hatred
  4. 3. Death Makes a Deal!
  5. 4. The Hiding Place
  6. 5. The Bugs
  7. 6. The Secret of Christopher Morse
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Dwayne Best
  • Bill Borre
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • Lou Mougin
  • Martin O'Hearn
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur
  • Henry R. Kujawa
  • Thomas G. Lammers