(August 1956)

Marvel, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1956-04-23
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.

The Volcano (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
Inks
Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
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The Deep Freeze (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)
Inks
Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-526
Genre
horror-suspense
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 a lot 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.
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Indexer Notes

Wessler credit from his record books, per Robin Snyder's the Comics, Vol 25, No. 6, June 2014.

Volcano! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Jim Infantino
Inks
Jim Infantino
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-812
Genre
horror-suspense
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.
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Indexer Notes

Writer credit per M. Vassalo.

Inside the Whirlpool (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Winiarski
Inks
Ed Winiarski
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-813
Genre
horror-suspense
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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.
Artist credits from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 Series) #4.

The Voice in the Night (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Oleck (sourced)
Pencils
Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)
Inks
Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-827
Genre
horror-suspense
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.
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The Old Shop (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
J-984
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.
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The Sea Serpent! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Forte (signed as John Forte)
Inks
John Forte (signed as John Forte)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-788
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A sailor sees a sea serpent arise when there is a disaster to be averted.
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The First Man (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Roussos
Inks
John Giunta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-800
Genre
science fiction
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.
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Volcano
  2. 1. The Deep Freeze
  3. 2. Volcano!
  4. 3. Inside the Whirlpool
  5. 4. The Voice in the Night
  6. 5. The Old Shop
  7. 6. The Sea Serpent!
  8. 7. The First Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bill Borre
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore