(August 1959)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Zenith Publishing Corp.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in May 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. Additional credit info from the Atlas/Timely discussion list.
The Gargoyle from the Fifth Galaxy!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-345 ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A frightening alien lands on Earth and is driven off, but it was really a peaceful visitor that wanted to give humanity the technology of its advanced civilization.
- Reprints:
-
in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #15 (November 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
This story is a retelling of "Alien on Earth!" drawn by Jack Kirby. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Journey
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- F-890
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Harry
- Synopsis:
- A man finds out that he keeps turning blue because he is really an alien from a planet of blue people.
- Reprints:
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #24 (May 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Deluge!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-322
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Jason Trump; Maj. Tek
- Synopsis:
- A scientist has a theory that there is no gravitational force, instead, everything is held in place by magnetism. He builds a machine to prove his theory and points it at the moon. Unfortunately, this causes ocean levels to rise so high that his building is submerged and he drowns trying to shut off the machine without damaging it. A brave major from a nearby military base has no such scruples and he wrecks the machine, thus saving the world.
- Reprints:
- in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #7 (December 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Iron Hulk!
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Sinnott
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-309
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Brain Destroyer!
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Carl Burgos
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-315
Indexer Notes
Penciler credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
I Was Stranded in Space
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Sinnott
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-313
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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