(January 1959)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-10-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Atlas Magazines Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in the U. S. A.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements (pages 2, 9, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33-36 of the comic, including the inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover); the pages are not numbered. On-sale date from 1958 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Three Who Vanished!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #22, #161 ([circa 1976 - 1977]) [cover], #200 ([circa 1981 - 1982])
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Worlds at War!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- T-104
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- George Devlin; Martians
- Synopsis
- In 1983, Martians inform Earth it will be destroyed. All humans band together to prepare for war, but arriving upon Mars, learn the Martians had no weapons: they wanted to unify the human race and succeeded.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #74
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #20 (1963 ?)
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #107 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #156 ([circa 1981 - 1982])
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #240 ([circa 1987 - 1988])
-
in Curse of the Weird (Marvel, 1993 series) #4 (March 1994)
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- Keywords
- Mars
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
The Remedy Oil
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Marie Severin (illustrations)
- Inks
- Marie Severin (illustrations)
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #54 (April 1957) which is reprinted
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (August 1956) [retitled]
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #68
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #11 (1963 ?), #25 (1965 ?)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustrations. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
Three Who Vanished
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- T-110
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Three men suddenly vanish from Earth, reappearing on an alien world. The three men had been sent as spies to prepare for an invasion, but one of the spies has grown to love Earth and destroys his people's weapons then returns to live on Earth as a free man.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 10-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Uneasy Lies the Head!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- T-105
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Leader; Bensor; Dr. Cartol Zena
- Synopsis
- The Leader rules over Earth justly but after an assassination attempt, Dr. Zena discovers he's really a robot and must decide whether to keep this secret.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #20 (1963 ?), #151 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #232 ([circa 1985 - 1986])
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Burgos credit per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Bob Forgione. Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
Adrift in Space!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)
- Inks
- Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- [T-108 ?]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Billy Sanders; Sgt. Sam Devlin
- Synopsis
- Sanders and Devlin respond to a distress call which turns out to be from a living asteroid. A 'mother' asteroid comes to the rescue.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #20 (1963 ?), #151 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #232 ([circa 1985 - 1986])
-
- Keywords
- asteroids; Spatial area 472B
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
The Green Fog!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- T-106
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dag Thale; Lori; Jon
- Synopsis
- Thale brings a green fog from space back to Earth with him. People fear the fog, but it ultimately causes plant life to flourish and people's injuries to heal.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #74, #20 (1963 ?)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #33 (2017)
-
- Keywords
- Kenya; Lake Kioga
Indexer Notes
Penciler credit, inker credit, and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Three Who Vanished!
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1.
Worlds at War!
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2.
The Remedy Oil
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3.
Three Who Vanished
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4.
Uneasy Lies the Head!
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5.
Adrift in Space!
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6.
The Green Fog!
This issue was modified by, among others
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Matthew Head
- Ethan Hoddes
- Michael Hoskin
- machinal jocelyn
- Hunter Johnson
- Banks S. Robinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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