(June 1961)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Brand:
- MC
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US Size; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in April 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (July 1971)
I Was Captured by Korilla!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Korilla
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (July 1971) [relettered and with other alterations]
Indexer Notes
Cover inker credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008. Original indexer had not credited an inker.
I Was Captured by...Korilla!
comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-189
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Korilla
- Synopsis:
- A cab driver uncovers an alien plotting an invasion of Earth. The police won’t believe him, but he foils the invasion on his own and the aliens are killed by their masters for their failure.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (July 1971)
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part 1 (6 pp) and part 2—"The Secret of...Korilla!" (7 pp). Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Tricky Travel
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-19
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Eli Twiddle; Mr. Hardy
- Synopsis:
- A travel agent has the ability to travel in his dreams, but eventually he grows out of it.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #48 (August 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Iron Giant!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-190
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult; western
- Characters:
- Ben Perkins; Wharton
- Synopsis:
- A train conductor in the Old West, who loves his locomotive, is robbed by bandits and left in the wilderness to die, but the bandits are chased to justice by the suddenly-animated locomotive.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #164 (November 1972)
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #188 (none listed) [original title: The Iron Giant!]
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
When Darkness Falls!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- V-191
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Synopsis:
- A man sees mannequins move during the business hours of the store, and stays until closing. When the mannequins step down from their positions he berates them for nearly being caught, since he was another living mannequin all along.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #13 (January 1972)
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #188 (none listed) [original title: When Darkness Falls!!]
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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