(April 1956)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-12-27
- 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 1956 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
First Steve Ditko art for Marvel (Atlas).
First Steve Ditko art for Marvel (Atlas).
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sol Brodsky (signed)
- Inks
- Carl Burgos
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
-
in Misterios del Gato Negro (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1953 series) #62 -
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #2 (1962) -
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012) -
in Marvel Comics - La collection (Hachette, 2014 series) #216 - Marvel Masters : Steve Ditko (octobre 2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Artist credits from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 Series) #4.
The Flame That Burned a Thousand Years!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man buys an incense burner that causes misfortune if the flame is allowed to burn down.
- Reprints
There'll Be Some Changes Made
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- H 858
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A poor man resents the wealth of an ancestor until he builds a machine that can transport the money through time and space and he realizes that continental currency is useless to him.
- Reprints
-
in Gespenster Geschichten (Bastei Verlag, 1974 series) #1086 - in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #2 (1962)
- in Curse of the Weird (Marvel, 1993 series) #4 (March 1994)
- in Steve Ditko: Edge of Genius (Pure Imagination, 2008 ? series) (2008)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 - Unexplored Worlds (November 2010)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
- in Marvel Comics - La collection (Hachette, 2014 series) #216 - Marvel Masters : Steve Ditko (octobre 2022)
-
- Keywords
- time travel
Indexer Notes
Wessler credit from Nick Caputo, in http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html
The Fabulous Traveler!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- H-815
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A librarian mistakenly receives a book detailing a factual journey to Mars.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.34 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ownership Statement
Trick or Treat
text story / 1.5 pages
- Job Number
- J-94
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #7 (July 1957) [as "The Spirit"] which is reprinted
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
-
The Meddler!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Benulis (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Benulis (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- H-861
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- An inventor works upon developing a suspended animation pill but then has a dream which convinces him to abandon the experiment.
- Reprints
The Man Who Had No Friends!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Al Williamson (signed as
AL WILLIAMSON) - Inks
- Gray Morrow ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- H-850
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Davy Jones is lonely and so sets out to befriend a group of pirates.
- Reprints
Footprints from Nowhere!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- H-894
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- The first manned rocket to the moon discovers a robot has already made the trip.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Artist credits from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 Series) #4 and Atlas Tales.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
The Flame That Burned a Thousand Years!
-
2.
There'll Be Some Changes Made
-
3.
The Fabulous Traveler!
-
4.
["Ownership Statement"]
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5.
Trick or Treat
-
6.
The Meddler!
-
7.
The Man Who Had No Friends!
-
8.
Footprints from Nowhere!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Peter Frickinger
- Ethan Hoddes
- Michael Hoskin
- Steve Jenner
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Banks S. Robinson
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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