(August 1961)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Vista Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- MC
- 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 May 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers, Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, and others via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
The Return of Grogg! (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Grogg
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #23 (June 1973)
The Return of...Grogg! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-237
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Miklos Koslov; Ivan Grotsky; Grogg
- Synopsis:
- Koslov is sent back to Russia as a spy, and discovers that the dragon Grogg is still on the loose. He lures Grogg into a Soviet rocket and launches it on its mission to Mars, knowing that if the Soviets ever travel to Mars they will find an enraged dragon.
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #23 (June 1973)
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Grogg" (7 pp). Grogg last appeared in issue #83 (April 1961); his next published appearance is in Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (January 2005), while his next chronological appearance is in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005).
Peril on Paper (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- B-213
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Jon Randall; Hannes Bache
- Synopsis:
- An artist alters a matter transmitter to create images out of the human imagination, but more than just the image of the imagined monster is created.
- Reprinted:
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #15 (December 1952)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Lighthouse From Nowhere! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-239
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A lighthouse appears by a village, but their teacher feels they shouldn’t use it unearned and destroys it. They build a new one, never knowing that the first was a beacon for an alien invasion, now aborted.
- Reprinted:
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #24 (July 1973)
The Macabre Mirror! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-238
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Carlotta
- Synopsis:
- A greedy duke taxes his people into poverty. When he ignores a gypsy's warnings and tries to seize her ancient mirror he finds himself imprisoned within it forever, freeing his subjects.
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #23 (June 1973)
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