(February 1962)

Marvel, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1961-11-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Brand
MC
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Some information supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

The Wax People (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (29 August 2006); the original indexer credited Steve Ditko.

When the Thing Runs Amok! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
V-465
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Jason Burke; Clara Burke; X-13
Synopsis
An inventor builds a robot, but others are afraid of it. The robot goes on a rampage and is dropped into the sea. It leaves a letter saying that it will emerge when humanity learns tolerance.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

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

The Magician (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
G-719
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Howard; Uncle Bart
Synopsis
A TV studio page and aspiring magician gets a lucky break when he meets a real sorcerer time traveling from the past.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Earth Will Be Lost Tonight! (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
Joe Letterese

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Steve Miller; "Don Russell"; Nan Miller
Synopsis
An agent signs a singer who is an instant hit. He discovers that the singer is an alien whose next record will help his people conquer Earth, and manufactures a scandal to ruin the alien’s career.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Kirby. Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)

Mister Black (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Bob Forgione
Inks
Bob Forgione
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Miko Kyusha; Mr. Black
Synopsis
A Japanese youth doesn’t want to fight in World War 2. A stranger named Mr. Black saves him, but only so he will be where he was fated to be in 1945, in Hiroshima as the bomb falls.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story is retold in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #33 (July 1962) as "The Voice of Fate!", drawn by Gene Colan.

Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.) Forgione art per Nick Caputo and Michael J. Vassallo. Bob Bailey previously credited Gene Colan.

The Wax People! (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-468
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
The mannequins in a store come to life in a creepy atmosphere as it closes. However, this is not thought odd by anyone, because on this alien world all people are made of wax, and some work as mannequins, but leave with everyone else at closing.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Wax People
  2. 1. When the Thing Runs Amok!
  3. 2. The Magician
  4. 3. Earth Will Be Lost Tonight!
  5. 4. Mister Black
  6. 5. The Wax People!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bob Bailey
  • Bill Borre
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gregory Roe
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore