(July 1955)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-03-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1955 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The Man Who Lost Himself!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
The Man Who Lost Himself!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vic Carrabotta (signed as Vic Carrabotta)
- Inks
- Vic Carrabotta (signed as Vic Carrabotta)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- F-959
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Aliens remove a man's memory so that he will not disclose their presence.
- Reprints
-
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #22, #161 ([circa 1976 - 1977]) - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Make a Wish
text story / 1.67 pages
- Job Number
- G-301
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Gerald Harper; Jimmy Gordon; Mrs. Gordon; Mr. Gordon
- Synopsis
- A man invents a wishing machine but loses the prototype on the way to the patent office.
- Reprints
- in World of Suspense (Marvel, 1956 series) #6 (February 1957) [as "The Wishing Machine"]
- in World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #11 (April 1958)
- in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #83 (April 1961) [new illustration]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
At Your Service!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- G-113
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- This story is told from the point of view of a genie who makes selfish wishes boomerang on people but grants unlimited wishes to the selfless.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #22, #161 ([circa 1976 - 1977])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits and job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Little Man!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
- Inks
- Ernie Bache
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers
- Job Number
- F-933
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- A man who thinks himself unimportant unintentionally foils a plot of a couple of terrorists to bomb the UN building.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #22, #161 ([circa 1976 - 1977])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Foster's Fate!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Ann Brewster (signed as Ann Brewster)
- Inks
- Ann Brewster (signed as Ann Brewster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- G-19
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A soldier wants his buddy to meet his sister but he has already fallen for a girl he's met. As he travels from place to place he sees this girl and her family repeatedly, but each time, she gives him a different family name. When the war ends, he returns to the houses he ate with these people, but they are empty and the neighbors claim no one with that name ever lived there. Confused, he goes back to the states and meets his buddy's family, who look just like the people he encountered.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #22, #161 ([circa 1976 - 1977])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Miracle On Maple Street!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- F-985
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A puppeteer's puppets exhibit excellent carpentry skills to give an old town a makeover in response to a mayor's request.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #22, #161 ([circa 1976 - 1977])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Man Who Lost Himself!
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1.
The Man Who Lost Himself!
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2.
Make a Wish
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3.
At Your Service!
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4.
The Little Man!
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5.
Foster's Fate!
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6.
Miracle On Maple Street!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Matthew Head
- Ethan Hoddes
- Mark Q
- Banks S. Robinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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