Menace #5

(July 1953)

Zombie! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Everett

Job Number

C-952

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Zombie

Synopsis

Gyps sends his zombie to bring back more money and a girl. The zombie then revolts and kills Gyps.

Reprints

• in Gespenster Geschichten (Bastei Verlag, 1974 series) #1075
• in Zombie (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (1973) [black and white]
which is reprinted
• in Tales of the Zombie Annual (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (Summer 1975)
which is reprinted
• in Horror (Dečje novine, 1986 series) #18 (Septembar 1988.)
• in Essential Tales of the Zombie (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
• in Marvel Zombies 4 (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
• in Marvel Horror Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in Curse of the Weird (Marvel, 1993 series) #4 (March 1994)
• in Thrill Book! (Pure Imagination, 2004 series) (2004), (2004)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Menace (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([October] 2009)
• in Marvel Horror Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)

Indexer Notes

Additional reprint information from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo [as Doc. V], 5/28/2006.

Mind Over Matter (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Ayers

Inks

Dick Ayers ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

9687

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Space Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #6 (April 1952) [as "Mind Over Matter"]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Menace (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([October] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Illustration is from unidentified story panel.

Crack-Down! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Joe Maneely (signed)

Inks

Joe Maneely (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ray Holloway (sourced)

Job Number

C-999

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A gang lord warns a small time hood not to pull any jobs in the next couple of weeks because a senator is in town, or else. The hood goes to a bar and sees a guy it looks like he could roll easily so he ignores the warning and mugs the guy for thirty-three dollars. When he gets called into court to testify as to his whereabouts he is surprised to learn that his victim was the senator himself.

Reprints

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Menace (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([October] 2009)

Nightmare! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

George Tuska (signed as G. T.)

Inks

George Tuska (signed as G. T.)

Colors

?

Letters

Morrie Kuramoto (sourced)

Job Number

C-968

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Hunk Gillem; Curley; Tom Britton

Synopsis

Hunk Gillem returns home after a night of drinking only to be plagued by nightmares of being chased by the corpse of Tom Britton, a man that he had murdered. The next day he tells the bar tender of his night terrors, and the bar man offers him a elixir that will end his bad dreams forever. That night Hunk has what he believes to be another nightmare where he is chased by the corpse of Tom Britton, this time when zombie chases him to Britton's grave, the creature tosses acid in his face. Waking up he goes to the bar with a gun, intending to shoot the bartender. However, when he arrives, he realizes that it wasn't a dream at all and his skin has been melted off his face, and that the bartender is really the devil.

Reprints

• in Zombie (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (October 1973) [black and white]
which is reprinted
• in Essential Tales of the Zombie (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Menace (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([October] 2009)

Rocket Ship! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Russ Heath (signed)

Inks

Russ Heath (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Morrie Kuramoto (sourced)

Job Number

C-969

Genre

horror-suspense; science fiction

Synopsis

In the year 2005 a rocket ship heads for Venus to relieve over population on Earth, but unfortunately the atmosphere of Venus dissolves human flesh like acid.

Reprints

• in Thrill Book! (Pure Imagination, 2004 series) (2004)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Menace (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([October] 2009)