(June 1953)

Marvel, 1952 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
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

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Propaganda! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bill Everett
Inks:
Sol Brodsky ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
horror

Time Marches On! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Harry Anderson
Inks:
Harry Anderson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
C-543

Content Information

Genre:
horror
Synopsis:
A man attempts to build a clock that can run forever by repairing itself, but no one understands why and mocks him, until he runs out of time and the undertaker pulls by his clothes to reveal he had replaced his inner organs with clock mechanism.
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Like a Chicken Without a Head! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee ?
Pencils:
Reed Crandall
Inks:
Reed Crandall
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
C-490

Content Information

Genre:
horror
Synopsis:
A doctor recommends a surgical procedure whereby the head is removed from the body and the heart is kept beating by artificial means so as to lengthen the time available for surgery. No one listens to him though, and being tired of being mocked, he destroys his formula. As he removes his head from his torso, he says to himself "The world isn't ready for us."
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Indexer Notes

Stan Lee credit from Ger Apeldoorn via atlastales.com


Rudolph's Racket (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Eadeh
Inks:
Al Eadeh
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
C-450

Content Information

Genre:
horror
Synopsis:
An innkeeper keeps two large wolves in the cellar which devour curious guests so he can claim their valuables.
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The Upside-Down Room (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bill Everett (illustration)
Inks:
Bill Everett (illustration)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
horror

The Executioner (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Myron Fass
Inks:
Myron Fass
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
C-500

Content Information

Genre:
horror
Synopsis:
A story told from the point of view of a turkey on Thanksgiving day.
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Propaganda (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Manny Stallman
Inks:
Manny Stallman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
C-698

Content Information

Genre:
horror
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Indexer Notes

The same story with the same title from Journey Into Mystery #80


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Time Marches On!
  2. 2. Like a Chicken Without a Head!
  3. 3. Rudolph's Racket
  4. 4. The Upside-Down Room
  5. 5. The Executioner
  6. 6. Propaganda
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Dwayne Best
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Bill Borre
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Michael J. Vassallo