(November 1959)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-07-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Atlas Magazines Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in the U. S. A.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
I Found the Giant in the Sky!
cover / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Christopher Rule ? (see notes)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Prof. Dunn
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Possible Rule inks per Nick Caputo, November 2017. Jim Vadebonceour Jr disagrees and has ink credit as unknown.
I Found the Giant in the Sky!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- [T-437 ?]
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Prof. Dunn
- Synopsis
- A homely professor discovers the cloud kingdom of the giants and finds happiness there with a beautiful princess.
- Reprints
-
in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #4 ([April 1960]) -
in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 ([September] 1962) -
in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #12 (1963 ?) - in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #59 (1969 ?)
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Only "T-" visible in story, job number surmised from other stories in issue. Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Strange Encounter
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed as M.)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed as M.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- G-47
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- Andre Corday
- Synopsis
- An American tourist in Paris is unwittingly targeted by a spy as an intelligence courier and is nearly killed.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. Narrated in the first person. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
I Was a Prisoner of the... Ape Creatures!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- T-438
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dunstan Blake
- Synopsis
- Blake lands on an alien world, where the telepathic natives look like cavemen. He is afraid of being dissected but is instead scanned with rays and sent back to Earth as uninteresting.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 10-14 of the comic (pages of the story numbered 1 to 3, 5 with page 4 not numbered).
I Can Live Forever!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- John Forte (signed as John Forte)
- Inks
- John Forte (signed as John Forte)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-439
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Henry; Marge
- Synopsis
- A scientist studies redwoods looking for the secret of eternal life. He nearly meets disaster when he tests the formula on himself, and finds that to become immortal he must become immobile.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This story is retold in issue #74 (November 1961) as "Forever is a Long Long Time!" drawn by Don Heck, and in issue #103 (April 1964) as "To Live Forever!" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber. Stan Lee is tentatively credited as writer on the basis of his plot credit for the version in issue #103. Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
My Neighbor's Secret!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- T-440
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sam; Noah
- Synopsis
- An eccentric moves into a desert town and begins building a boat. Shortly afterwards, it begins to rain constantly and the man’s neighbour is shocked to discover his name is Noah.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inker credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
I Saw the Serpent That Saved the World!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-436
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A man dreams of a monster growing from an alien spore that is killed when it is eaten by a garter snake, a snake that he found in his yard as a boy.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #75
- in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 ([September] 1962)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #21 (1963 ?), #153 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #187 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
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Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of the comic (the pages of the story are numbered 1 to 5).
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0.
I Found the Giant in the Sky!
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1.
I Found the Giant in the Sky!
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2.
Strange Encounter
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3.
I Was a Prisoner of the... Ape Creatures!
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4.
I Can Live Forever!
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5.
My Neighbor's Secret!
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6.
I Saw the Serpent That Saved the World!
- Bill Borre
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Matthew Head
- Ethan Hoddes
- machinal jocelyn
- Hunter Johnson
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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