(December 1960)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- 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 July 1960 This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #54 (April 1957) which is reprinted
- from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (August 1956)
- in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #8 (November 1970)
Krang!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Krang
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
I Created Krang!
comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-901
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Krang; Prof. Carter; Ludwig
- Synopsis:
- A scientist's formula makes an ant giant and super-intelligent. The ant wants to conquer the world, but is killed by a giant ant-eater.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (July 1971)
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #18 (October 1976)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2
Indexer Notes
This story is divided into two chapters: an untitled chapter one (7 pp) and chapter two—"Krang!" (6 pp). This is one of the first two 'feature-length' monster stories published by Marvel (the other was "I Was the Slave of the Living Hulk!" published simultaneously in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #62). Three months later, these stories would be added to all four Marvel SF anthologies, and the next year a fifth series including them would be launched. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Remedy Oil
text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Marie Severin
- Inks:
- Marie Severin
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- J-984
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Mrs. Gerrity; Tom Gerrity; Officer O'Malley; Logarithm
- Synopsis:
- An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.
- Reprints:
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #54 (April 1957)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustrations.
Behold! I Am the Master of Time!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-889
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Synopsis:
- In a black magic book, a thief finds instructions for creating a time machine which runs on electricity, but after robbing people in the 18th century and attempting to return to the 20th, he realizes he is stuck in the past because there is no electricity in the 18th century.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. This story is retold in issue #29 (March 1962) as "What Happened to Harry?" drawn by Dick Ayers.
The Thing in Human Form!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- [T-???]
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Ogor; 'John Cummings' [Zeno]
- Synopsis:
- A martian is sent to Earth to kidnap a human scientist who has invented a weapon that Mars wants to use against Jupiter. The Martian is beaten by the scientist, who turns out to be a Jovian agent setting a trap to capture a live Martian.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #8 (December 1970) [as "The Beast That Walks Like a Man!"]
- in L' Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #65 ([Décembre 1976]) [as "La bête qui marche comme un homme!", French translation]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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