(January 1962)
- 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 on September 28, 1961 (according to Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website) or on October 17, 1961 (according to former indexer). This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
The Man in the Ant Hill! (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:
- Henry Pym (later known as Ant-Man)
- Reprinted:
- in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (2002) [black and white]
- in Marvel Milestones: Iron Man, Ant-Man & Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) [nn] (March 2005)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
The Man in the Ant Hill! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- John Duffy ?
- Job Number:
- V-430
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Henry Pym (introduction, origin, later known as Ant-Man)
- Synopsis:
- Henry Pym invents a shrinking serum, but is trapped in an ant hill when he tests it. He is attacked by several ants, but one of them helps him escape and restore his ordinary size. He destroys the serum because it is too dangerous.
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #22 (August 1969)
- in Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (Marvel 1994 series) [nn]
- in Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1999 series) [nn]
- in Essential Avengers (Marvel, 1999 series) #2 (2000) [black & white]
- in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black & white]
- in Marvel Milestones: Iron Man, Ant-Man & Captain America (Marvel, 2005 series) [nn] (March 2005)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Henry Pym next appears in issue #35 (September 1962). Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) Synopsis added by Per Sandell, 2009-07-16.
Trouble Bubble (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-160
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Jonathan Jr.; Nora; Jonathan Sr.; Mr. Bigger
- Synopsis:
- A boy discovers a formula to blow unbreakable bubbles and accidentally entraps his father's boss.
- Reprinted:
- from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #49 (September 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall... (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- V-431
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Bill Carter; Anne Carter
- Synopsis:
- Bill Carter purchases a mirror for his wife's birthday. It turns out to be cursed and she falls under the control of an undead sorceror until the mirror is broken.
- Reprinted:
- in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #23
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) Characters and synopsis added by Per Sandell, 2009-07-16, edited 2010-04-19.
The Talking Horse (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Forgione
- Inks:
- Bob Forgione
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number:
- v-432
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult; sports
- Characters:
- Barney Sloan; Mike Jordan; Silverstreak
- Synopsis:
- The horse Silverstreak convinces the abusive jockey Barney to bet on them winning the next race. When they lose, Barney is caught trying to beat the horse and kicked out of racing, before being beaten up by his bookie.
- Reprinted:
- in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #42 (January 1975) [as "Le cheval parlant", French translation]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) Characters and synopsis added by Per Sandell, 2007-07-16, edited 2010-19-04. The last page of this story includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series).
Dead Planet! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- V-433
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Grokor; Mopox
- Synopsis:
- A warrior race from conquers world after world, but on one of them there seems to be life but their warrior can find none and dies of loneliness. The world was actually inhabited by sentient rocks.
- Reprinted:
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #19 (October 1975)
Indexer Notes
Last page includes an advertisment for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.
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