(February 1962)

Marvel, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1961-12-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Atlas Magazines Inc.
Brand
MC
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

I Don't Believe in Ghosts! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. Jordan
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inks added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)

Beware! He Isn't Human! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
George Klein; Dick Ayers (see notes)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
V-493
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Eric Krugg; Diane Harper
Synopsis
A Hollywood special effects man builds an android to slay a woman who rejected his advances because she was "waiting". After he sends the robot to the museum where she works, he relaxes for a sufficient time, and then is startled when she appears at the door with the robot. She reveals that she too, is a robot, and she was "waiting" for a robot to be a mate. The two machines slowly approach him as he backs towards an open window which he falls through.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script and inks added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.). Klein inks on splash page per Nick Caputo, February 2018.

The Radio (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
F-946
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bill Barton; Mr. Sparks
Synopsis
A ham radio enthusiast picks up a genie on one frequency but wastes his three wishes before he knows what's happening.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)

I Don't Believe in...Ghosts! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
John Duffy

Job Number
V-494
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mr. Jordan; Wilbur Weems
Synopsis
A man offers fifty thousand dollars to anyone who can show him a ghost but, time after time, he proves that there is a rational explanation behind the sightings. It turns out he does this because he is a ghost himself, and wants to prevent haunted houses from being demolished, rendering their occupants homeless.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.). Ayers inks per Nick Caputo, February 2018. Bob Bailey previously credited George Klein.

The last page includes an advertisement for the debut of The Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series).

When Aliens Walk the Earth! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
John Duffy

Job Number
V-495
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Earth is terrified by the appearance of a flying saucer, but the people are relieved to see the aliens are small and elf-like. They explain that they are peaceful and open contact, changing after they leave into their true insectoid forms, which would have frightened the humans into attacking them.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.).

They Were Only Scarecrows! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
V-496
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Ben Hobbs; Reuben; Clem; Simon Hobbs
Synopsis
A man tries to get his uncle, who talks to scarecrows, committed to an asylum so that he can take over his farm. When he takes the sheriff out to speak with his uncle the sheriff returns visibly shaken and tells the nephew to butt out of the farmer's business. The farmer has revealed to the sheriff that the reason he talks to the scarecrows as his friends is that he himself is one.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)

The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. I Don't Believe in Ghosts!
  2. 1. Beware! He Isn't Human!
  3. 2. The Radio
  4. 3. I Don't Believe in...Ghosts!
  5. 4. When Aliens Walk the Earth!
  6. 5. They Were Only Scarecrows!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bob Bailey
  • Bill Borre
  • Roger Brochu
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Matthew Head
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore