(December 1956)

Marvel, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1956-08-22
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.

I Switched Bodies! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

I Switched Bodies (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Oleck (sourced)
Pencils
Reed Crandall
Inks
Reed Crandall
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
An old scientist invents a machine that can transpose minds into other bodies but he makes the mistake of picking as his victim an ex-con on the way to meet with his parole officer.
Reprints

He Came From Nowhere (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gray Morrow (signed as GRAY MORROW)
Inks
Gray Morrow (signed as GRAY MORROW)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
Time-traveling government agents go back to the past in order to duel it out over a scientist's work.
Reprints

TV Invasion (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
G-452
Reprints

Prison Without Bars (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
K-475
Synopsis
A criminal is set free from jail if he agrees to a form of behavioral control by hypnotism ala "A Clockwork Orange".
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wessler credit from his record books, per Robin Snyder's the Comics,Vol 25, No. 8, August 2014.

The Unseen (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mac L. Pakula (signed as Mac L. Pakula)
Inks
Mac L. Pakula (signed as Mac L. Pakula)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
Invisible visitors to Earth arrive in a flying saucer.
Reprints

The Perfect Hideout (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Syd Shores
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
A fleeing dictator thinks he will hide out on an island and then fly back to the mainland when his pursuers have given up looking for him, but his associates have drained the plane of fuel.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art ID from Gary Watson; confirmed by atlastales.com. Previously tentatively credited to Paul Reinman.

The Swirling Mist! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
K-575
Genre
detective-mystery; horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man finds himself on a steamboat that transports him through time.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wessler credit from his record books, per Robin Snyder's the Comics,Vol 25, No. 8, August 2014.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. I Switched Bodies!
  2. 1. I Switched Bodies
  3. 2. He Came From Nowhere
  4. 3. TV Invasion
  5. 4. Prison Without Bars
  6. 5. The Unseen
  7. 6. The Perfect Hideout
  8. 7. The Swirling Mist!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • chris bonham
  • Bill Borre
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore