(March 1962)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 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 in December 1961 (December 12 according to Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website, December 19 according to Bob Bailey). This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
When Oog Lives Again! (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers ?; Steve Ditko ?
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Oog
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Inks credit in dispute: Dick Ayers (Nick Caputo, GCD Error List, 30 August 2006) or Steve Ditko (Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005)
Oog Lives Again! (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:
- ?
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Job Number:
- V-515
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Oog
- Synopsis:
- An alien trapped in ice is freed and mocks the fearful humans as it waits to be rescued. "Invade you? You have nothing we want! We should quarantine you!"
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #20 (December 1972)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Script and inks added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
From Outer Space (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- 9498
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Jonathan Ditmar
- Synopsis:
- When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.
- Reprinted:
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #26 (February 1955)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
On the Trail of the Witch! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-516
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Inspector Koraz
- Synopsis:
- A witch is fearful of being pursued by a witch-hunter, but it turns out her fears are groundless as he is also a witch.
- Reprinted:
- in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (March 1973)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
John Doe (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-517
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Prof. Blake Burke; John Doe
- Synopsis:
- An inventor creates a humanoid robot and treats it like a close friend. When the robot sacrifices itself to save him from a bear, his friends realize that the inventor is also a robot.
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
His Name Was...Merlin! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Joe Cooke [The Great Nero/Merlin the Mystic]; Merlin
- Synopsis:
- An untalented magician who takes the name Merlin is visited by the spirit of the real Merlin in the form of a derelict and offers to teach him some tricks. When the man learns Merlin's last trick of completely disappearing, he stiffs Merlin his fee. Merlin tells him that he'll be sorry and is the last to depart the theater after the magician uses his disappearing trick and is never seen again.
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
If this story were in Marvel continuity, the Merlin that appears here could be the real Merlin or one of his various imposters.
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