(November 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 June 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.
A Martian Prowls Among Us! (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (29 August 2006); the original indexer credited Dick Ayers.
A Martian Walks Among Us! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-864
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A man spots upon a Martian in human form scouting for an invasion. The police won’t believe him, so he finds and kills the spy himself, revealing that he is a Venusian in disguise working to protect Earth.
- Reprinted:
- in Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962)
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (May 1970)
- in Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) #[nn]
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Trouble Bubble (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-160
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Jonathan Jr.; Nora; Jonathan Sr.; Mr. Bigger
- Synopsis:
- A boy discovers a formula to blow unbreakable bubbles and accidentally entraps his father's boss.
- Reprinted:
- from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #49 (September 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Fantastic Menace of Mento the Mighty (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-8??
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Mento [Mr. Krupp]; Gorosaur
- Synopsis:
- A scientist discovers his own innate psychic power and builds a machine to slowly enhance it. He is nearly omnipotent after more than a decade, but when his assistant betrays him he finds his muscles too atrophied to repair the device and his powers vanish.
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Gargoyle! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-865
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- An ugly man rejected by society applies for a job at a circus. It turns out to be a ruse by aliens who are uniformly gorgeous, and so want a man with an ugly face they find fascinating to marry their queen.
- Reprinted:
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (May 1970) [pp1–3, p4: panels 1, 4, 5–6, p5: panels 1, 3–6, reformatted]
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Worm Man (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-887
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Worm Man; Prof. Serak
- Synopsis:
- A spy calling himself 'Worm Man' uses shrinking pills to easily discover military secrets. On a crucial mission, he is attacked by a rat and loses his growth pills, trapping him forever in his tiny form.
- Reprinted:
- in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #6 (July 1970) [as "Man in the Rat-Hole!"]
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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