(January 1961)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Vista Publications, Inc.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in August 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.
The Blip!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- The Blip
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
I Learned the Dread Secret of the Blip!
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-943
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- The Blip
- Synopsis:
- A power drain and radar anomaly is traced to a creature made of electricity hiding in a cave. It claims to be a friendly visitor, but humans attack it and it flees into space.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (January 1971)
- in Giant-Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (November 1974)
- 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 Free Ride
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-91
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Chuck; Gus Farrell; Capt. Zingle
- Synopsis:
- A teenager working at an amusement park to help support his family is kind to a mysterious boy, and finds himself rewarded with a real trip to outer space.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #63 (June 1958) which is reprinted
- from World of Suspense (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (August 1956) [as "The Free Ride"]
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
I Dared Enter the Forbidden World!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-952
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Derek; John; Monga; Uxmal; Antogg
- Synopsis:
- A white game hunter finds the legendary elephant's graveyard, hoping to make a fortune in ivory. He discovers that elephants were introduced to Earth by Martians, who use the graveyard as a gathering point for the ivory, and won't let him leave.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (January 1971)
- in Giant-Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (November 1974)
- 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.
I Am the Invisible!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-951
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Prof. Karlos Konak; Zuka
- Synopsis:
- A man threatens a witch unless she hands over two lenses which will make him invisible. She implores him not to try it, but relinquishes the lens. They can be reversed to make the invisible visible once again, but what the man did not expect is that when he becomes invisible to the outside world, the outside world in turn becomes invisible to him.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #199 ([no date - circa 1978])
- in Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #8 (December 1970)
- 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.
I Defied the Curse of Tut-Ah-Anka!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- T-933
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Synopsis:
- A criminal hides from the police in an old Egyptian tomb, ignoring the warning of a curse. He not only escapes the police, but has a run of luck that makes him rich and happy. Or so he thinks, as the gas in the tomb drove him mad and he is delusional in an Egyptian hospital.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #199 ([no date - circa 1978])
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (January 1971)
- 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.
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