(March 1960)
- 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 November 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #2 (April 1966)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #148 (None Listed)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #148 (None Listed)
Orogo! The Thing from Beyond!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Orogo
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #2 (April 1966)
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971) [relettered]
Indexer Notes
Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008.
Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-593
Content Information
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #2 (April 1966)
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971)
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Tricky Travel
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-19
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #48 (August 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Earth-Crawlers!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-592
Content Information
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971)
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Metal Monster
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-597
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Mr. Mason; Grosko
- Synopsis:
- An American engineer ignores the warnings of locals and builds a road through a Gypsy-inhabited wood. On of the gypsies causes his steam shovel to attack him until he agrees to stop building.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Martian Who Stole My Body!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-590
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #7 (May 1972)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #148 (None Listed)
Indexer Notes
Zetora next appears in issue #58. Inker credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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