(March 1960)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-11-30
- 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
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements (pages 2, 9, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33-36 of comic including inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover); pages of comic not numbered. All new stories are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified. On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Orogo! The Thing from Beyond!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Orogo
- Reprints
-
in Misterios del Gato Negro (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1953 series) #114 -
in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #2 [Regular Edition] (April 1966) which is reprinted - in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971) [relettered]
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
- in The A-Z of Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Ayers inks per Nick Caputo, November 2018. Orogo looks nothing like the character in the interior story.
Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck; Jack Kirby (splash)
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek (splash); Ray Holloway (pages 2-6)
- Job Number
- T-593
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Orogo; Albert Carstairs
- Synopsis
- An alien robot arrives to hypnotically enslave the people of Earth, but is stopped when it cannot hypnotize one old man, a blind man.
- Reprints
-
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #16, #67 - in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #2 (April 1966)
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #148 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #185 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Jack Kirby pencilled the splash page. Info per Nick Caputo, March 2013. Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-8 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).
The Earth-Crawlers!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as
S. Ditko) - Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. Ditko)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-592
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Henry Salt; Martha Salt
- Synopsis
- An inventor with a nagging wife must prevent giant roots resulting from a witch doctor's curse from overrunning Africa. He then turns to inventing a device which will harness the power of his wife's voice.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #16
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #69
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #148 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #185 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 10-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Tricky Travel
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- K-19
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Eli Twiddle; Mr. Hardy
- Synopsis
- A travel agent has the ability to travel in his dreams, but eventually he grows out of it.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #48 (August 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 16, 24 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
The Metal Monster
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed as
Paul Reinman) - Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-597
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. Mason; Grosko
- Synopsis
- An American engineer ignores the warnings of locals and builds a road through a Gypsy-inhabited wood. One of the gypsies causes his steam shovel to attack him until he agrees to stop building.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 17-18, 20-23 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).
The Martian Who Stole My Body!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-590
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- John Warren; Spot; Zetora (introduction, origin)
- Synopsis
- A Martian criminal arrives on earth and switches bodies with a man, but the man's dog can still tell the difference between them, forcing the Martian to switch back.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #16
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #69
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #7 (May 1972) which is reprinted
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #148 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #185 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
- in Pet Avengers Classic (Marvel, 2009 series) (2009)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
- in The A-Z of Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
-
- Keywords
- Martian; monsters
Indexer Notes
Zetora next appears in issue #58. Inker credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 26, 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6). The last page of story includes an advertisement for the next issue as a promo tag "Note: Don't Miss The Next Great Issue When "THE MARTIAN RETURNS!!"".
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Table of Contents
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0.
Orogo! The Thing from Beyond!
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1.
Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!!
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2.
The Earth-Crawlers!
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3.
Tricky Travel
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4.
The Metal Monster
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5.
The Martian Who Stole My Body!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Ethan Hoddes
- machinal jocelyn
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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