(March 1962)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1961-12-05
- Indicia Publisher:
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Brand:
- MC
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Four Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in December 1961 (December 5 according to Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website, December 7 according to Bob Bailey). This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] ([August] 2007)
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] ([August] 2007)
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] ([August] 2007)
Those Who Change!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Reprints:
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #1 (February 1966)
[no title indexed]
Amazing Adult Fantasy Contents / credits / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-542
Content Information
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] ([August] 2007)
Those Who Change
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-536
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- Scientists view the ancient past, but though they don’t realize it they reshape history causing humans to evolve from reptiles.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #1 (February 1966)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn] (2005)
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] ([August] 2007)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Mark of the Toad
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-537
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- King John; Prince Charles
- Synopsis:
- An evil uncle tries to kill a boy king, but his magic backfires and turns him into a toad.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] ([August] 2007)
No Sign of Life
comic story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-540
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Ronn
- Synopsis:
- Puzzled space explorers are unable to detect any signs of life in an entire galaxy. They set for home frustrated that no colonies can be established there, not realizing that all the planets of that particular galaxy are living beings.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #28 (March 1974)
- in Curse of the Weird (Marvel, 1993 series) #2 (January 1994)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn] (2005)
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] ([August] 2007)
Man on a Tightrope
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-538
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Flippo Jones; Mr. Barning; Patty Barning
- Synopsis:
- A young girl is friends with a tightrope walker past his prime. The man is killed in his last act, but his ghost returns to make his friend well again.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] ([August] 2007)
[no title indexed]
Coming Attractions / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-542
Content Information
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] ([August] 2007)
Indexer Notes
Advertises stories in next issue. Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Mister Universe
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-538
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Karl Kragg; Joe; Ben Kragg; Unog
- Synopsis:
- A conceited jerk wins Mr. Earth and is contacted by aliens who wish him to enter a "Mister Universe" competition. He doesn't stop to ask what the prize is, but arrogantly accepts, figuring he can beat the other contestants even though they are even more bigger and muscle-bound than he is. It turns out the other contestants knew what the prize was and so they let the Earth representative win, as he is then turned into a living statue for all the universe to marvel at forever.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #87 (April 1974)
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] ([August] 2007)
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Adult Fantasy Contents -
2.
Those Who Change
-
3.
The Mark of the Toad
-
4.
No Sign of Life
-
5.
Man on a Tightrope
-
6.
[no title indexed]
Coming Attractions -
7.
Mister Universe
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Patrick Lemaire
- Ethan Hoddes
- Bob Bailey
- Bill Borre
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Tony R. Rose
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