(August 1957)

Marvel, 1950 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Fiction Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Atlas [black & white]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Contents from www.atlastales.com.

Dreadful Disc! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks
Bill Everett (signed)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?; typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.

The Dreadful Disc! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
John Forte (signed)
Inks
John Forte (signed)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?

Job Number
M-7
Synopsis
A thief uses a disc that reduces his height to ten inches so his pursuer catches him with a mousetrap.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

I Wake Up Screaming (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Richard Doxsee
Inks
Richard Doxsee
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?

Job Number
M-148
Synopsis
When a criminal attempts to start over as an amnesia victim by altering his looks and using hypnosis to implant a mental block, the doctors trip him up by creating a fantasy wherein he must save the person he cares most about and he screams out his own name.
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Indexer Notes

Art credit from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group ([email protected]) April 2010.

Shock at Seven O'Clock (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ted Galindo (signed)
Inks
Ted Galindo (signed)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?

Job Number
M-208
Synopsis
The ten year anniversary of a pirate attack signals doom for the pirate captain and his crew as the ghosts from an old victim catch up with them.
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The Strange Warning! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ruben Moreira
Inks
Ruben Moreira
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?

Job Number
M-136
Synopsis
A businessman has a premonition about a plane going down that saves his life.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credit from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group ([email protected]) April 2010.

Out of this World (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
K-266
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Tommy Pidgeon; Goober Jones; Rosie; Uncle Pete
Synopsis
Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on earth instead of floating.
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A Shaggy Wolf Tale! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Williamson (signed)
Inks
Ralph Mayo
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?

Job Number
M-63
Synopsis
Atomic radiated wolves gain mental telepathy and request that humans cease killing animals for their pelts. In exchange, they give humans the gift of growing long coats.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer credited Al Williamson ? inks.

The Man Who Lived Twice! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Al Eadeh
Inks
Al Eadeh
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
?

Job Number
M-128
Synopsis
A scientist creates a machine that can teleport anyone to another location although they suffer amnesia. He offers his services to a prison warden and a convict decides to use it for two weeks to get out of the stir. He doesn't want to have amnesia for more than two weeks because his partner on the outside holds his share of stolen money. The amnesiac con becomes friendly with his partner and robs him of the money. Two weeks later he travels through space, causing the money to be lost in a river. After serving his time he finds his partner who explains he was robbed by a man with amnesia.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Dreadful Disc!
  2. 1. The Dreadful Disc!
  3. 2. I Wake Up Screaming
  4. 3. Shock at Seven O'Clock
  5. 4. The Strange Warning!
  6. 5. Out of this World
  7. 6. A Shaggy Wolf Tale!
  8. 7. The Man Who Lived Twice!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Bill Borre
  • Nick Caputo
  • Randy Graves
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)