(July 1960)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Zenith Publishing Corp.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in February 1960. 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.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #76 (July 1981) [same art but new dialogue and lettering]
I Was Trapped by...Titano! The Monster That Time Forgot!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Titano
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #196 ([no date - circa 1977]) [cover]
- in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #7 (September 1970)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
- in Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2006 series) #[nn] (2006)
Indexer Notes
Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, February 2009. Original indexer had not credited an inker.
I Was Trapped By Titano the Monster That Time Forgot!
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-686
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Titano; Makau; Cdr. Hartnell; Johnson
- Synopsis:
- A gigantic, mutant crab is sighted terrorizing various islands in the South Pacific. When the American military learn of this, they assign Commander Hartnell to put a stop to the crustacean threat that has become known as Titano. Hartnell's crew has several encounters with Titano and they eventually lure him to the Arctic. Hartnell maneuvers his ship so deftly that he manages to trap Titano between two giant glaciers.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #196 ([no date - circa 1977])
- in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #7 (September 1970)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
- in Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2006 series) #[nn] (2006)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Flying Saucer That Was
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- C-486
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- George Ridley; Monroe Marks; Dr. Willard Seldin; Harry Landau
- Synopsis:
- A teacher frantically tries to convince people that he saw aliens, but it turns out that they are friendly and make him their ambassador.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #12 (June 1953)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Only I Know When the World Will End!!!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-685
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Kartu
- Synopsis:
- A derelict claims to be from another world and says that another planet will collide with Earth within days, but he is believed mad. He escapes and decides that he really is insane, hiding in a cave while, unknown to him, astronomers observe a nearby planetary collision and realise that he really was an alien.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #196 ([no date - circa 1977])
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970) which is reprinted
- in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #21 ([Avril 1973])
- in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #27 ([Octobre 1973])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Something Lurks Inside!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-696
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Ted Karson
- Synopsis:
- A space explorer cannot rid his ship of vicious alien spiders, and is forced to sacrifice himself to save Earth.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
What Was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd!!?
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Christopher Rule
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-684
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Simon Drudd; Bentley
- Synopsis:
- A scientist selfishly uses a youth serum to gain an advantage over other people, but the serum ages him backwards into non-existance.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #196 ([no date - circa 1977])
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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