(October 1961)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Brand:
- MC
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Four Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in July 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Monsteroso (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko (foreground figures)
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers; Steve Ditko (foreground figures)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Monsteroso
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #28 (June 1974)
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007)
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors List, 7 January 2005.
The Escape of...Monsteroso! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-307
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Monsteroso; Phil; Ethel
- Synopsis:
- A circus owner finds a dead alien in Africa and brings it to the United States for a museum. The alien turns out to be alive, and then goes on a rampage. It turns out that it is only a confused child, and its parents arrive to retrieve it.
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #28 (June 1974)
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007)
Indexer Notes
This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Monsteroso" (7 pp). Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Writer credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
T.V. or...? (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- J-213
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Bob Dixon
- Synopsis:
- A TV repairman learns to see past electronics when he finds little people in a set.
- Reprinted:
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #145 (April 1956) [originally titled "The Test"]
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Watchers! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-325
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Henry Fletcher; Tom Smith
- Synopsis:
- A brilliant scientist believes that human ingenuity is guided by unseen advanced creatures, not knowing that his janitor is one such creature.
- Reprinted:
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Writer credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
The Joker! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-308
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Horace
- Synopsis:
- A practical joker thinks that aliens are his victims playing a joke on him, but they are real aliens and take him to an offworld zoo.
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #29 (August 1974)
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Writer credit from Georgew Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
- Ethan Hoddes
- Bill Borre
- Bob Klein
- Tony R. Rose
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