(September 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 April 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 Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #196 ([no date - circa 1977])
- in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975)
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #140 (24 Agosto 1976)
- in Inferno (Marvel Italia, 1996 series) #4 (Giugno 1997)
I Found Monstrom, the Dweller in the Black Swamp!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Monstrom
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
I Found Monstrom! The Dweller in the Black Swamp!
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-755
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Monstrom; John; Billy; Sara
- Synopsis:
- A vacationing family finds a monster in a swamp. The locals drive it back into the swamp with torches, but it was only a shipwrecked alien trying to get help.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970)
- in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #18 (September 1975)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Balloon
text story / 1.8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-267
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Leroy; Zoop
- Synopsis:
- A young boy meets a tiny space traveler from Skyville, a suburb of Mars, trapped in a balloon.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #6 (October 1956)
- in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #56 (June 1964) [page 1]
- in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #57 (July 1964) [page 2]
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is split with the statement of ownership.
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)
statement of ownership / 0.2 page
Credits
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Average monthly circulation not provided. This shares the first page of "The Balloon".
I Was Face-to-Face with the Forbidden Robot!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-759
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Ralph; Anne
- Synopsis:
- A man reactivates an illegal robot in order to gain recognition for stopping it. He destroys the robot, but realizes that robots are harmless, and instead of cashing in he confesses his plan, and advocates the legalization of robots.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970)
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #20 ([Avril 1973])
- in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2
Indexer Notes
This story is set in 1967. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
I Dared to Look into the Beyond!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-773
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Carl; Derek
- Synopsis:
- A scientist builds a time machine to travel into the future. He believes that he has travelled to the past, demonstrating that the future does not yet exist, but in fact he saw a future in which Earth was abandoned.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
This is a retelling of "Journey into Nowhere!" drawn by Joe Sinnott, from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #69 (June 1959). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
I Wore... The Mask of Drothor!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-745
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Markas; Drothor (flashback)
- Synopsis:
- An artist creates a mask based on the face of an ancient sorceror. He robs a mansion wearing this mask, but his face has transformed to matach it.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #7 (October 1970)
- in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975)
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #140 (24 Agosto 1976) [as "Ho indossato... la maschera di Drothor!", Italian translation]
- in Inferno (Marvel Italia, 1996 series) #4 (Giugno 1997) [as "La maschera di Drothor!", Italian translation]
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #134 ([no date])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2
Indexer Notes
This is a retelling of "Who Hides Beneath My Mask?" drawn by Dick Ayers in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #6 (November 1959).
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
I Found Monstrom! The Dweller in the Black Swamp!
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2.
The Balloon
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3.
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)
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4.
I Was Face-to-Face with the Forbidden Robot!
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5.
I Dared to Look into the Beyond!
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6.
I Wore... The Mask of Drothor!
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