(September 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 June 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. From this issue to issue #63 (December 1960), virtually all new stories in this series are narrated in the first person.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
I Unleashed Monstro on 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:
- Monstro; Spellbinder [Sam Binder]
Indexer Notes
Cover inks credit added by Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008.
I Unleashed Monstro on the World!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-350
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Spellbinder [Sam Binder]; Moko; Monstro
- Synopsis:
- A hypnotist brings a giant albino gorilla to America, but causes a near calamity when he finds that the beast is blind, and so immune to hypnosis.
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Music Master
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- G-804
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Joe; Gus; Angelo
- Synopsis:
- A struggling band takes on a poor but talented young harp player who turns out to be a young angel studying on Earth.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #39 (October 1955)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
I Dared to Defy...the Idol's Curse!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Sinnott
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-348
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Dunstan Blake
- Synopsis:
- A mercenary tries to steal a sacred diamond from a mysterious idol, only to find that the idol is actually a trap set by aliens to collect a human sample for study.
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
My Other Face!
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Al Williamson
- Inks:
- Al Williamson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-362
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Jason Gibbs; Professor Rectorus
- Synopsis:
- A space pilot in the year 2010 is convinced that his appearance is holding him back, and seeks out a new Martian beauty serum, which he is horrified to find turns him into a handsome Martian.
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
I Know The Gargoyle's Secret!
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Carl Wessler?
- Pencils:
- John Severin
- Inks:
- John Severin
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-354
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Jacques-Pierre Duval
- Synopsis:
- A Frenchman fascinated with gargoyles joins the resistance in WWII. When he is captured a strange beast saves him, and after the war he sees tell-tale bullet holes on the gargoyles he loves.
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script attribution by Dr. Michael Vassallo on www.atlastales.com.
I Am the Menace from the Purple Planet!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Christopher Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-353
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Gxenu; Mark VIII
- Synopsis:
- An alien arrives on Earth on a mission of peace. The humans are suspicious of him and try to hold him hostage, but they find they have only captured a robot, while the disappointed alien returns home.
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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