(May 1953)

Marvel, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1953-02-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Brand
Atlas [black & white]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1953 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

He Who Hesitates! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Russ Heath (signed as Russ Heath)
Inks
Russ Heath (signed as Russ Heath)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Joe Letterese ?; typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
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Indexer Notes

Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

Cover Thumbnail for Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #8
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The Tough Guy (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
Pencils
Joe Maneely (signed as Joe Maneely)
Inks
Joe Maneely (signed as Joe Maneely)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
C-170
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A muscleman gets pistol whipped and winds up in the hospital. He overhears a conversation between two doctors about a serum that toughens the body so he decides to take it and turn to crime with his powerful body. After he collapses the doctors inform him he has a throat infection that will kill him shortly now that his body is too powerful for medicine to effect.
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Indoor Sport! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Kweskin (signed as Sam Kweskin)
Inks
Sam Kweskin (signed as Sam Kweskin)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
C-503
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A female ghost acquires pictures of men from potential suitors and throws darts into them to inflict pain and death upon the men in revenge for a man who once jilted her.
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Willie Brown Is Out to Get Me! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee)
Pencils
Al Luster (signed as Al Luster)
Inks
Al Luster (signed as Al Luster)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
C-168
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
People tell a thug that Willie Brown is after him, which terrifies him, since he shot Willie Brown a week ago and he is now a zombie.
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Time Reversal (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
C-313
Genre
horror-suspense
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He Who Hesitates... (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Eadeh
Inks
Al Eadeh
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
C-396
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A hesitant professor finally decides to kill the romeo who's moving in on his wife, but as usual, he waits a little too long and the other man pushes him off the cliff instead so that he can marry the professor's wife.
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The Strange Case of Mr. Whimple! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Kida (signed as Kida)
Inks
Fred Kida (signed as Kida)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
C-408
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A thief attacks a man who always carries a box around on his shoulder with a blackjack and kills him. When he gets the box open, he is startled to see that he has killed one head but not the other and runs into the path of an oncoming train. His intended victim gets up and procures a box for the dead head.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. He Who Hesitates!
  2. 1. The Tough Guy
  3. 2. Indoor Sport!
  4. 3. Willie Brown Is Out to Get Me!
  5. 4. Time Reversal
  6. 5. He Who Hesitates...
  7. 6. The Strange Case of Mr. Whimple!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bill Borre
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Darrel McCann
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
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