(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 July 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
The Abominable Snowman
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Victor Cartwright (disguised as Abominable Snowman); Fred Cooper
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (March 1971) [as a cover to the story "Gorgilla Strikes Again!" from issue #18 (April 1961); original title: The Abominable Snowman!]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3
Indexer Notes
The cover art is also the splash page of the lead story.
I Found the Abominable Snowman!
comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-329
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Victor Cartwright; Fred Cooper; Don Jordan
- Synopsis:
- A TV producer fakes a film of the Abominable Snowman in the arctic, but runs afoul of an ancient underground civilization of lizard-men and a giant octopus.
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Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"The Snowman's Secret!" (7 pp).
The Recipe
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-338
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Josie
- Synopsis:
- A tomboyish girl tries out cooking to appease her mother, but accidentally cooks a witch's brew, totally inappropriate for a fairy like her.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #150 (September 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Something Missing!!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-330
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Sally; Tom
- Synopsis:
- The first mission to Mercury has a stow-away, the lover of one of the pilots. The captain is angry, but when they arrive on Mercury they find that the natives are hostile, and only the girl's display of love towards the pilot convinces them that the humans have something of value to offer.
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He Waits In The Dark!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-328
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Synopsis:
- A mysterious janitor comes to work for a slumlord, but he has strange powers and ends the man's evil ways.
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