(December 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 August or September 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
The Sacrifice! (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:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Chuck Dawson
Indexer Notes
Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (29 August 2006).
The Sacrifice! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-381
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Chuck Dawson; Plant Creature
- Synopsis:
- An astronaut sent to Mars encounters a telepathic plant that destroyed all life on Mars and forces him to take it to Earth. The man kills himself by blowing up the spaceship and stranding the plant in space.
- Reprinted:
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #18 (November 1972)
- in Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 series) #14
Strange Mission (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-440
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith
- Synopsis:
- A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.
- Reprinted:
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #45 (September 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Coming of the Giants (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-382
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Bobby Grant; Sally Grant
- Synopsis:
- Alien giants menace New York, but retreat at token resistance. The people find a projector and decide that the aliens' giant size was an illusion. The aliens really were giants and left the equipment to disguise their cowardice.
- Reprinted:
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #143
The Mask of Morgumm! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-383
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Joe Phelps
- Synopsis:
- A baby-faced criminal gets an ugly mask to disguise himself and intimidate people. When he removes the mask he finds that it has made his face just as ugly as the mask and so easily recognizable.
- Reprinted:
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #18 (November 1972)
Indexer Notes
This story is a retelling of "Who Hides Beneath My Mask?" drawn by Dick Ayers, from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #6 (November 1959).
The Warning! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-384
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A man frantically tries to convince people in a park that he saw a statue move. When he is unsuccessful he is satisfied, since now he knows that his alien people's plan to infiltrate Earth with soldiers disguised as statues will work.
- Reprinted:
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #143
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