(October 1961)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Vista Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- MC
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in August 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Beware of Bruttu! (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Bruttu [Howard Lindley]
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Beware of...Bruttu (Table of Contents)
comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-333
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Bruttu [Howard Lindley]; Anne Benson
- Synopsis:
- An often bullied scientist accidentally transforms himself into a monster, and is attacked when he can’t make himself understood. In his new form he discovers that the girl he’d thought out of his league really loves him, and manages to make himself human again.
- Reprinted:
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (June 1966)
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (August 1972)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Bruttu!" (7 pp).
Mystery Trip (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-266
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Tommy Pidgeon; Goober Jones; Rosie; Uncle Pete
- Synopsis:
- Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on earth instead of floating.
- Reprinted:
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #46 (August 1956)
Only One is Human! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Robert Brown
- Synopsis:
- A human unit on Mars realises that a disguised martian is in their midst, they cannot tell the imposter and the real human apart, until a false piece of bad news makes the real human weep, uncovering the martian.
- Reprinted:
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #20 (November 1972)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
The Anatomy of a Nightmare! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-309
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A science fiction writer is stuck, so he takes some pills, hoping a nightmare will inspire him. He dreams of horrible red-eyed aliens, but is disappointed, since that's only his own dull world.
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (August 1972)
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #130
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is retold in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #100 (January 1964) as "The Unreal!" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber.
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