(January 1959)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Miss America Publishing Corp.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in September 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #199 ([no date - circa 1978])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
I Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Christopher Rule
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- "Experiment 247"; Capt. Kane; Prof. Briggs; Dr. Parker
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- 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 (2006)
- in Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2006 series) #[nn] (2006)
We Found the Ninth Wonder of the World!
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Christopher Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-83
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Capt. Kane; Simms; Prof. Briggs; Dr. 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: show reprint note before migration
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974) which is reprinted
- in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #35 ([Juin 1974])
- in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #35 ([Juin 1974]) [as "Nous avons trouvé la neuvième merveille du monde!", French translation]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
- in Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2006 series) #[nn] (2006)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
I Know the Secret of the Poltergeist!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-84
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962)
- in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (October 1974)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Heat's On
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- H-366
Content Information
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- 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 Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustrations. Artist credits from the record of Journey Into Mystery #44.
I Was the First Man to Set Foot on...the Mystery Planet!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Carl Burgos
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-85
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Hank Jordan; Bob 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: show reprint note before migration
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.
I Foiled an Enemy Invasion!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Davis
- Inks:
- Jack Davis
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-82
Content Information
- 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: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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