(December 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 September 1961 (September 19 according to Bob Bailey, September 26 according to Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website). This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #5 (October 1966)
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (July 1971)
Lo-Karr Bringer Of Doom!/Mr. Gregory and the Ghost!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters; occult
- Characters:
- Lo-Karr; Lucius P. Gregory
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (July 1971) [top part of cover; top portion of cover]
Indexer Notes
Cover inker credit from Bob Bailey (2 September 2005). Confirmed by Nick Caputo (June 30, 2006).
Lo-Karr, Bringer of Doom!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Larry Lieber; Stan Lee ? (plot)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-415
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Lo-Karr
- Synopsis:
- As international tensions mount, an alien lands and demonstrates its power before leaving, promising to return with an army. The world powers set aside their differences to prepare to defend themselves, but the alien was a robot created by a scientist hoping to inspire this reaction.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #6 ([Avril 1971])
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (July 1971)
Indexer Notes
The last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Kirby. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Venus!
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- 8745
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Monangahela Munroe
- Synopsis:
- The first explorer on Venus is caught in an old bear trap, but he is able to use the wildlife to call for help.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #6 (October 1951) [original title "The Hills of Venus"; as "Venus!"]
- in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #32 (June 1962)
- in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #104 (January 1963)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. All future reprints of "The Hills of Venus" used this title. Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Mr. Gregory and the Ghost!
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Larry Lieber ? (script); Stan Lee ? (plot)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- [V-414 ?]
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Lucius P. Gregory
- Synopsis:
- A homebuilder that uses shoddy materials and unskilled labor gets his comeuppance when he builds a home for himself out of the wood from haunted trees. He tries and fails several times to drive the ghost out of the house, but stubbornly refuses to admit failure. He bankrupts himself when he tries to move the entire house away from the ghost not realizing that the house itself is the ghost.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #5 (October 1966)
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (July 1971)
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #8 ([Août 1971])
Indexer Notes
Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
The Magic of Mordoo!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Larry Lieber ? (script); Stan Lee ? (plot)
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-416
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Franz Kopnik; Katrina Steuben; Mordoo
- Synopsis:
- A man falls in love with a middle-aged woman on vacation, but wants a younger wife. He convinces her to let a gypsy magician make her young again, but once she's young and pretty she leaves him for the young attractive gypsy.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #4 ([Décembre 1970])
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #9 (May 1971)
Indexer Notes
Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
The Man Who Lost the World!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek ?
- Job Number:
- V-417
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Bruno
- Synopsis:
- A scientist's assistant is determined to find if his time machine that sends objects into the past or future. He steals some gold ingots from the office and steps into the ray, knowing that he can never return to the present. When his journey ends, Earth is so primitive that he is cut off from all humanity, and he realizes that he still doesn't know whether the machine sends things into the past or future since it could be either the dawn or the end of time.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #6 (Janvier 1971)
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #9 (May 1971)
- in Fantomet (Semic AS, 1976 series) #15/1985 (uke 29 1985)
- in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #6
Indexer Notes
The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
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