(September 1956)

Marvel, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1956-05-23
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.

Those Who Vanish! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sol Brodsky (signed); Carl Burgos (see notes)
Inks
Sol Brodsky (signed); Carl Burgos (see notes)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Burgos alterations as observed from the original stat which was published in the UK. Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 Series) #4 originally credited Burgos on inks.

Stone Face (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Giunta (signed) ([as JG])
Inks
John Giunta (signed) ([as JG])
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
J-894
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
An evil alien practitioner of black magic is revived by a carnival barker.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Those Who Vanish! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
J-918
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A magic pool of water causes those who enter it to vanish back to what they were doing 20 years before.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wessler credit from Nick Caputo, in http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html

The Mystery of the Missing Man (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Walton (signed as Bill Walton)
Inks
Bill Walton (signed as Bill Walton)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-978
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A stolen box shrinks the thief into a small figurine.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Box That Wouldn't Open (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Ed Winiarski
Inks
Ed Winiarski
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
K-24
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Some thieves mistake a scientist's latest invention to be a box that won't open when it turns out his latest invention is a telepathy pill that allows him to cue the police in on his kidnapping by the thieves.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

The Servants (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Severin (illustration)
Inks
John Severin (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
K-132
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Secret of the Sargasso Sea! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Benulis (signed as Bill Benulis)
Inks
Bill Benulis (signed as Bill Benulis)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
K-6
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A ship carrying rocket fuel is deposited into the Sargasso where a stranded rocketship makes use of the fuel and then tows the ship to safety.
Reprints

The Sea Serpent! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
K-33
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A friendly sea serpent.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Mike Esposito Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 Series) #4.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Those Who Vanish!
  2. 1. Stone Face
  3. 2. Those Who Vanish!
  4. 3. The Mystery of the Missing Man
  5. 4. The Box That Wouldn't Open
  6. 5. The Servants
  7. 6. The Secret of the Sargasso Sea!
  8. 7. The Sea Serpent!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bill Borre
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthew Head
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Ramon Schenk