(May 1959)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US Size; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in February 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Invasion From Outer Space!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Christopher Rule
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Lynn Hamilton
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
The scene and characters depicted on this cover are from "Menace From Mars!" not "Invasion From Outer Space!". Cover inks ID from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008.
Menace from Mars!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Christopher Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-217
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Lynn Hamilton
- Synopsis:
- Martians threaten to invade Earth, but an intelligent human intimidates them by demonstrating his mastery of the strongest animals on Earth.
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is set in 2306. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Utopia
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-188
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Bob Winkle; Fred Dunn
- Synopsis:
- Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #53 (September 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Man With the Atomic Brain!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-217
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Ted Lestron; Karl Lestron
- Synopsis:
- A man gains powerful psychic abilities from his parents’ exposure to radiation, and he is hunted by the government until a hidden group of like-powered people contact him and bring him to their community.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the second person. This story is retold in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #14 (July 1962) as "The Man in the Sky!" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Stan Lee tentatively credited as writer on the basis of his authorship of the retelling. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. (shares job number with "Menace from Mars!")
Trapped on Earth
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- [T-221/4 ?]
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- Alien conquerors create a sentient gas and send it to Earth to mentally enslave a human in order to test their readiness for conquest. The gas accidentally possesses a ventriloquist's puppet, and is trapped, unable to control the mindless vessel.
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the second person. This story is retold in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #65 (February 1961) as "Kragoo!" drawn by Don Heck.
Travellers in Time!
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-223
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Norman Crane; Griffith Cartwright
- Synopsis:
- A screenwriter pitchs a director a movie theorizing that haunted houses are the arrival points for time travellers from the future, but he thinks the story is too far-fetched. The writer is relieved, since he is such a traveler and his secret is safe.
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the second person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Invasion from Outer Space!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Sinnott
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-218
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Harvey Adams; John Hughes; X233; X791
- Synopsis:
- A robot army invades Earth, but they are forced to retreat by rusting the first time it rains.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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