(January 1957)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1956-09-21
- 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.
in 
Farley's Other Face!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- John Forte (signed as John Forte)
- Inks
- John Forte (signed as John Forte)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- K-679
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- A man steals a thousand dollars from a recluse that he had pretended to befriend, then pays to have his looks altered and fingerprints removed to avoid trouble with the police. It turns out that the wealthy recluse died shortly after the theft and left the thief his money, but he has no way to convince authorities that he was that man.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
Life Sentence!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)
- Inks
- Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- K-810
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A man gives a prisoner time-traveling pills in exchange for the knowledge of where the bank roll is hidden because he knows the past can't be changed. The prisoner thinks he will be able to go back in time and behave differently, so he agrees to the deal, but finds that he does the exact same things and will have to serve his sentence all over again.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
The Curse of Ojiir!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Pete Morisi (signed as Pete Morisi)
- Inks
- Pete Morisi (signed as Pete Morisi)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- K-870
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- When two jewel thieves attempt to steal a cursed diamond they find themselves aged prematurely.
- Reprints
-
in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #57 - in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #3
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #188 ([circa 1988 - 1989]) [Black and white.]
-
He Saw the Future
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- G-932
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
-
from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #43 (November 1955) [as "He Saw the Future"] - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #21 (1963 ?)
-
Humans... Keep Out!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck (sourced)
- Pencils
- George Roussos (sourced)
- Inks
- John Giunta (sourced)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K-737
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Scientists are driven off the moon by lifeforms that they themselves engineered to live without oxygen so as to colonize the moon.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #89
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #3, #129 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
-
The Savages
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Angelo Torres (signed as Angelo Torres)
- Inks
- Angelo Torres (signed as Angelo Torres)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K-825
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- This story postulates that the first humans were actually Martians whose spaceship developed engine trouble.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #89
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #3, #129 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
-
The Disappearing Man!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (signed as
GRAY MORROW [lettering style]) - Inks
- Gray Morrow (signed as GRAY MORROW [lettering style])
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- K-815
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A fight manager has his wife stolen from him when he signs up a Venusian who can disappear in the ring at will.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #89
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #3, #129 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
-
Indexer Notes
Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Farley's Other Face
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1.
Farley's Other Face!
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2.
Life Sentence!
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3.
The Curse of Ojiir!
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4.
He Saw the Future
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5.
Humans... Keep Out!
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6.
The Savages
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7.
The Disappearing Man!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- 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.)
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