(February 1961)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US
- Paper Stock:
- newsprint
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in October 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
The Brute That Walks!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- "The Brute That Walks" [Howard Avery]
- Reprints:
-
in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (July 1970) [with alterations; new figures added by Marie Severin] which is reprinted
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (July 1970) [with alterations]
- Keywords:
- monsters
I Am the Brute That Walks!
comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-75
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Howard Avery; Sally Barton
- Synopsis:
- A man invents a growth serum to deal with his insecurities, but it turns him into a monster. He is driven mad by the serum and terrifies the city until it wears off. He gets the credit for destroying the monster and destroys his notes to prevent a repeat.
- Reprints:
- in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (July 1970) [p1, p2: panels 1, 4–5, p3: panels 1, 5–6, p4: panels 3–8, pp5–13, reformatted; reformatted] which is reprinted
-
in HIP Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #19161 (1971), #19161 (1971) -
in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #19/1987 (uke 37 1987) [2 pages removed]
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (July 1970) [p1, p2: panels 1, 4–5, p3: panels 1, 5–6, p4: panels 3–8, pp5–13, reformatted]
- in Fantomet (Semic AS, 1976 series) #19/1987 [2 pages removed]
- Keywords:
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part 1 (6 pp) and part 2—"The Brute That Walks!" (7 pp) without seperate titles. In Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone and the Monster Hunters (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (November 2005) this story is said to take place in Chicago. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Inventor
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- F-889
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Ned Carter; Mr. Jonas
- Synopsis:
- A disgruntled janitor's obsessive effort to create a sweeping robot costs him his job and ends in failure, but only because he sees no use for a perpetual motion machine.
- Reprints:
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (June 1955)
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (June 1955)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Fear in the Night
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-83
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Zenocian #7; Model Vog robot
- Synopsis:
- A man and a robot are stranded and the man tries to sacrifice himself to save the robot, but they are both saved, and we find that the man was a humanoid robot, and the robot a robot-looking alien.
- Reprints:
- in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (July 1970)
- in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #3/1988 (uke 5 1988)
- in Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) #[nn] (1989)
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (July 1970)
- in Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) #[nn] (1989)
- in Fantomet (Semic AS, 1976 series) #3/1988
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Kragoo!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-84
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Kragoo
- Synopsis:
- An alien soldier is given immense strength and the ability to possess the body of one victim in order to hypnotize the population of their target planet. One is sent to Earth, but mistakenly possesses a statue and is trapped.
- Reprints:
- in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (July 1970)
-
in Super Giant (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #8 ([March 1974] ?) - in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #6/1988 (uke 11 1988)
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (July 1970)
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the second person. This story is a retelling of "Trapped on Earth!" from issue #52 (May 1959). In this story the human-looking aliens are exposed to gamma radiation to transform them into large deformed warriors, and was published more than a year before the introduction of the Hulk. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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