(August 1960)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Zenith Publishing Corp.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Four Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in March 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person.
Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
I Am Dragoom! The Flaming Intruder!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Dragoom
- Reprints:
-
in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #1 (February 1966)
-
- Keywords:
- monsters
I Am Dragoom! The Flaming Invader!
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-738
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Victor Cartwright; Dragoom (introduction, origin)
- Synopsis:
- A flaming alien monster terrorizes Earth. A movie director fools him by using special effects to fake the arrival of police from Vulcan in pursuit of the monster, frightening him away.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (March 1970)
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #11 (August 1975)
-
- Keywords:
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Dragoom next appears in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (Marvel, 2005 series) #6 (May 2006). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Pact
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- 9734
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Henry Conrad; Frances Conrad; the Devil
- Synopsis:
- A historian writing about the trial and execution of his ancestor for witchcraft interviews the only remaining party concerned in the case: the Devil.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #2 (August 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Beware!! The Ghosts Surround Me!!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-740
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Gustav; Hans
- Synopsis:
- A fugitive hides in an abandoned house, but aliens from another dimension appear to him. They cannot hurt him, but instead they phase him into an immaterial state and leave him there forever.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962)
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #1 (February 1966)
- in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #19 (June 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Dummy and Me!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-746
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Hugo
- Synopsis:
- Some gangsters come for a ventriloquist who has unpaid gambling debts. They corner him in the alley and shoot him, not realizing that it was the puppet who made his decisions all along.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated by the dummy. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
I Found the Mad Universe!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek ?
- Job Number:
- T-741
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Prof. Dark; Milton
- Synopsis:
- A scientist uses a powerful new microscope to discover an entire world existing at the sub-atomic level. He is horrified to find that this world, Earth, is just as barbaric and violent as his own.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #11 (August 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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