(November 1959)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Male Publishing Corp.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in July 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
I Hear It Howl in the Swamp! (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Charley
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer Notes
Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006); the original indexer credited Christopher Rule.
I Hear It Howl in the Swamp! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-3??
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Charley
- Synopsis:
- A fishing guide encounters an alien monster in the swamp, and after initial disbelief, the military plans to kill it. When two larger aliens arrive to take the thing away, they realize that it was only a lost child.
- Reprinted:
- in James Bond (Semic Press AB, 1965 series) #18/1972 (January 11, 1972) [as "Skriet från träsket", Swedish translation]
- in James Bond (Semic Press AB, 1965 series) #6/1982 (August 1982) [as "Skriet från träsket", Swedish translation]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Lady Luck (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- G-377
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Lester Ford; Marie Ford; Lady Luck
- Synopsis:
- A businessman doesn’t believe in luck, but several beneficial encounters with an old lady change his mind.
- Reprinted:
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #136 (July 1955)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
I Was Captured by the Cyclops! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-391
Content Information
- Genre:
- sword and sorcery
- Characters:
- Mr. Sloane; Sinbad
- Synopsis:
- A man mentally transports himself to the past and becomes Sinbad, experiencing his encounter with the cyclops. He thinks that it was only a fantasy, but finds that he is still holding one of the cyclops' jewels.
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Mutants and Me! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-395
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Henry Marsh; Vincent Farnsworth
- Synopsis:
- A man ignores his friend's theories about super-powered mutant humans, but after teleporting himself out of a locked safe he reconsiders.
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #156
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. "The Man in the Sky" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #14 (July 1962) is often called 'the first mutant story' but this predates it by more than two years.
Who Hides Beneath My Mask? (Table of Contents)
comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dick Ayers
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-392
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- "Hard Luck" Harry; Mr. Craddock
- Synopsis:
- A burglar wears a rubber mask to avoid identification, but after his victim sees him, he discovers that his face and changed to match his mask.
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer Notes
This story is retold in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #11 (September 1960) as "I Wore...the Mask of Drothor!" drawn by Steve Ditko and in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #91 (December 1961) as "The Mask of Morgumm!" drawn by Don Heck. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Luna Lizards Had Me Trapped! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Christopher Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-387
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- Human colonists on an alien world believe that they are being attacked by aliens, who, in fact, are trying to help them.
- Reprinted:
- in James Bond (Semic Press AB, 1965 series) #21/[1972] (October 3, 1972) [as "Månödlornas byte", Swedish translation]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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