(January 1959)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-09-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Miss America Publishing Corp.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 12, Part 2, No. 2, Periodicals, July-December 1958, p. 368. Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements (pages 2, 9, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33-36 of comic including inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover); pages of comic not numbered. All new stories are narrated in the first person.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 ([September] 2013)
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I Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That thing coming out from behind the wall--i-it's gigantic!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- "Experiment 247"; Capt. Kane; Prof. Briggs; Dr. Parker
- Reprints
-
in Misterios del Gato Negro (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1953 series) #111 - in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974) [monster significantly redrawn; with additional art by John Romita]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
- in Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006)
- in King-Size Kirby (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
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Indexer Notes
Rule inks per Michael J. Vassallo. Previous indexer credited George Klein as possible inker.
We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby ?; Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Christopher Rule
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-83
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We searched for a forgotten man in forgotten waters--and the trail turned up...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain Kane; Simmons; Professor Briggs; Doctor Parker; "Experiment 247"; "Experiment XYZ"
- Synopsis
- An expedition in remote waters finds a missing scientist who has used serums to create giant turtles, one the size of a house, the other the size of an island.
- Reprints
-
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #27 - in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #4 ([1959?])
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #4 ([1962])
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974) which is reprinted
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in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #35 ([juin 1974]) [N&B [B&W]] - in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
- in Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006)
- in King-Size Kirby (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
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Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-8, 10 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).
Possible Kirby script per Nick Caputo, September 2014. Addition of credits based on information included in King-Size Kirby (2015) Marvel, 2015 Series' table of contents and does not credit Jack Kirby on script.
I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- T-84
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Larry Winters; Rita Winters
- Synopsis
- An investigator works diligently to discover the logical explanations behind the odd occurrences at a couple's newly purchased home. He is, in fact, a poltergeist who attempts to allay suspicion of his kind's existence among humans.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #27
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #4 ([1959?])
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #4 ([1962])
- in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 ([September] 1962) which is reprinted
- in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (October 1974)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
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in Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 11-14, 16-17 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).
The Heat's On
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- H-366
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The city suffered under the onslaught of the summer's first heat spell.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- John Tyler; Mary Tyler; Bobby Tyler
- Synopsis
- When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (March 1957) which is reprinted
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (November 1955) [as "The Heat's On"]
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #4 ([1959?])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
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Indexer Notes
Text story with illustrations. Artist credits from the record of Journey Into Mystery #44. Text story is pages 18, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
I Was the First Man to Set Foot on...the Mystery Planet!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- T-85
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My visit to the mystery planet started out as a business venture!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Hank Jordan; Tom Jonson; Azka
- Synopsis
- A businessman bigoted against robots tries to make a deal to tap the resources of a planet rich in exploding pools of radioactive oil. The natives refuse to sell their oil, since they are robots and it is too vital to them.
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #53
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #11
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #4 ([1959?])
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #4 ([1962])
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974) which is reprinted
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #34 ([Juin 1974])
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #165 ([circa 1978 - 1979]), #199 ([circa 1984 - 1985])
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #191 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
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Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Penciler credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish, formerly incorrectly attributed to Paul Reinman. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
I Foiled an Enemy Invasion!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed as
JACK DAVIS) - Inks
- Jack Davis (signed as JACK DAVIS)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ? (sourced)
- Job Number
- T-82
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was too incredible to believe!!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mark Briton
- Synopsis
- Mysterious billboards appear, each bearing a picture of an alien soldier. A newspaperman realizes just in time that the billboards are an attempt by a two-dimensional alien race to hide an invasion.
- Reprints
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #4 ([1959?])
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #4 ([1962])
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #27 (1964 ?), #159 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #192 ([circa 1980 - 1981])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #26 (2015)
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Indexer Notes
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
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
I Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!
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1.
We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!
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2.
I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist!
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3.
The Heat's On
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4.
I Was the First Man to Set Foot on...the Mystery Planet!
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5.
I Foiled an Enemy Invasion!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Bill Borre
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Ethan Hoddes
- Steve Jenner
- machinal jocelyn
- Darrel McCann
- Tony R. Rose
- Carl Thiel
- Jim Van Dore
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