World of Fantasy #17

(April 1959)

It Hides in the Forest! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Joe Sinnott (signed)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (signed)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-180

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Spot; Eruditians; Dudley

Synopsis

Eruditians announce their invasion of Earth and challenge humanity to discover what they have disguised their scout as. Fortunately, Spot the dog recognizes the alien has disguised itself as a tree and they withdraw their plans of conquest.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #243 ([circa 1988 - 1989])

Indexer Notes

Job number and penciler and inker credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Stranger (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Maneely (illustration)

Inks

Joe Maneely (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

G-76

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A painting of a Napoleonic victory parade is mysteriously linked to an eccentric inhabitant of modern Paris.

Reprints

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #39 (June 1955)
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #3

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between "It Hides in the Forest!" and "When a Planet Dies!", while the second page is between "The Brain Picker!" and "Guardian of the Stars!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.

When a Planet Dies! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-181

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Granu; Xanna; Maritsa

Synopsis

Xanna announces a plot for invasion against Granu's warning of a deluge. Suddenly, water sweeps over the planet, drowning them. They lived on a microscope slide, their planet no larger than a speck of dust.

Reprints

• in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #9 (1962)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #46 (1969 ?), #46 (1969 ?)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Man from Tomorrow! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Carl Burgos

Inks

Carl Burgos

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-182

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Humphrey Pym

Synopsis

Humphrey poses as a time traveller supposedly newly-arrived in New York but is apprehended by real time travellers who are annoyed he didn't keep a low profile and send him "back" to the future.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #24 (1965 ?), #202 ([circa 1984 - 1985])

Keywords

time travel

Indexer Notes

Penciler credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Brain Picker! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Matt Baker

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

T-178

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Philip Kane; Frederic Kane; a robot

Synopsis

Frederic is exposed to radiation from an h-bomb and becomes telepathic. Frederic uses his telepathy to win a fortune, then takes over all the nations of the Earth. Frederic is unstoppable because he can read his enemies' minds but Philip defeats him by building a robot who has no such liability.

Reprints

• in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #9 (1962)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #46 (1969 ?), #46 (1969 ?)

Indexer Notes

Job number and penciler and inker credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Original indexer credited Baker on inks.

[Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

This shares the last page of "The Stranger".

Guardian of the Stars! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

T-1??

Genre

science fiction

Characters

A robot; Bruko

Synopsis

People doubt whether a robot should be assigned the task of manning a lighthouse station in space, but when Bruko invades the station so that a ship will strike an asteroid field, the robot destroys the station to send out a final warning to the ship; the robot is honored on Earth for its actions.

Reprints

• in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #9 (1962)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #46 (1969 ?)
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)

Keywords

Tago III

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.