(October 1960)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- 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 May 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.
Taboo Returns!! (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Taboo
- Reprinted:
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #156
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (September 1970)
The Return of Taboo! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-809
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Dan; Susan; Taboo
- Synopsis:
- After his apparent destruction, Taboo reconstitutes himself and runs amok. He is eventually stopped by the arrival of others from his world, who reveal that he is not an advance scout for invasion, but merely a deranged criminal.
- Reprinted:
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #156
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (September 1970)
- Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) #[nn] (1989)
Indexer Notes
Taboo last appeared in issue #75 (June 1960). A replication of Taboo appears in Incredible Hulk Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #5 (October 1976), but Taboo does not appear again until Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Mystery Pupil (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-382
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Colin; Mr. Plum; Gertrude
- Synopsis:
- A dull teacher earns accolades by accidentally helping capture a Martian criminal.
- Reprinted:
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #52 (October 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
I Am the Beast-Man! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Larry Lieber ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-807
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Amos; Anne
- Synopsis:
- A criminal transforms himself into a dog in order to escape from burglaries unnoticed. He must return home quickly or be stuck as a dog, but is picked up by a dog catcher and trapped in the pound.
- Reprinted:
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Strange Magic of Master Khan! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-796
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Hawk Gormey; Master Khan (introduction)
- Synopsis:
- A pirate steals the ship of an Asian sorcerer. The ship's owner curses the thieves, shrinking the ship and imprisoning them in a glass bottle.
- Reprinted:
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #156
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel 1970 series) #5 (September 1970)
- in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975)
Indexer Notes
Master Khan next appears in an Iron Fist story in Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #24 (September 1975). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Am I the...Unhuman? (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-806
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Gideon Burr
- Synopsis:
- A scientist in builds a robot identical to himself, and programs it with his own memories. When robots are banned, the robot believes that it is the real person, and its creator the duplicate.
- Reprinted:
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #156
Indexer Notes
Narrated by the robot. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
- Ethan Hoddes
- Gary Henderson
- Thomas G. Lammers
- Bill Borre
- Bob Klein
- Lou Mougin
- Martin O'Hearn
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Vadeboncoeur
- Henry R. Kujawa
- Thomas G. Lammers
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