(August 1956)

Marvel, 1952 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Brand:
Atlas [wireframe globe]
Editing:
Stan Lee
Format:
4 Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US Size; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series

The Volcano (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Bill Everett
Inks:
Bill Everett
Colors:
?

The Deep Freeze (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Don Heck
Inks:
Don Heck
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Three crooks place themselves in suspended animation for 200 years after stealing 150,000 dollars. Not only is the money still good in 2156, not only is 150,000 still alot of money in 2156 (gasp!), but the only reason they run afoul of the law is that the suitcase of money they stole was counterfeit to begin with.

Volcano (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
A man introduces technology to a primitive people living at the base of a volcano and the volcano becomes angry at their new competitive and mistrustful nature so wipes out their society.

Inside the Whirlpool (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Herb Familton
Inks:
Herb Familton
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

This story's plot is similar to Star Trek's "Mirror, Mirror" but the depicted events are used to make a thief feel shameful of his behavior.


The Voice In the Night (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Robert Sale
Inks:
Robert Sale
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
When a man slugs an elderly man collecting donations for the poor and steals the poor box, his conscience bothers him so much that he hears a clock accuse him of being a thief.

The Old Shop (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
J-984

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Mrs. Gerrity; Tom Gerrity; Officer O'Malley; Logarithm
Synopsis:
An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.
Reprints:

The Sea Serpent (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Forte
Inks:
John Forte
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
A sailor sees a sea serpent arise when there is a disaster to be averted.

The First Man (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
The author of this story postulates that a series of satellites will be required to use as refueling stations on the way to the moon. Once they are built, and rockets make it to the moon, men find that the moon itself is an inhabited satellite built by alien beings.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Deep Freeze
  2. 2. Volcano
  3. 3. Inside the Whirlpool
  4. 4. The Voice In the Night
  5. 5. The Old Shop
  6. 6. The Sea Serpent
  7. 7. The First Man
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Bill Borre
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Heer
  • Bob Klein
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Darrel McCann