(April 1962)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Brand:
- MC
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US Size; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands February 1, 1962 according to Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website and January 23, 1962 according to Bob Bailey. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
The Midnight Monster
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-594
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- Victor Avery; Bill Cooper
- Synopsis:
- When handsome, scientist, playboy Victor Avery is rejected by a girl he turns himself into a monster to wreak revenge on her fiancé only to become his own victim.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #6 (February 1972)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.). The last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) also drawn by Jack Kirby.
Secret Mission
text story / 1.75 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- H-487
Content Information
- Genre:
- spy
- Characters:
- Ezra Bolton; Prof. Carmichael; Prof. Greever
- Synopsis:
- A bookkeeper dreams that he is a government agent hunting a mad scientist with a destructive sound device.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #43 (January 1956)
Indexer Notes
The first page of this story is printed between the pages of "The Midnight Monster", while the second page is printed between "Wings of the Butterfly!" and "The Speed Demon". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.
The Man Who Played Dead!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-596
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Synopsis:
- A midget disguises himself as a dummy to gain access to homes to rob them. When he murders someone while robbing their home the police do not see through his disguise, but they put him in a trunk where he will suffocate.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (December 1971)
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #145 ([no date])
Indexer Notes
Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)
Wings of the Butterfly!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils:
- Joe Sinnott
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Eric Krane
- Synopsis:
- In the year 2050 Eric Krane is a spaceman who collects butterflies only to find himself trapped on planet where butterflies collect men.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #6 (February 1972)
Indexer Notes
Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.).
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208)
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
Credits
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Average monthly circulation October 1960–September 1961 (issues #65–75, despite monthly cover dates): 182,090.
Indexer Notes
This shares the last page of "Secret Mission".
The Speed Demon
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Speedy Simms
- Synopsis:
- Speedy Sims races his car so recklessly he is doomed to race around the rings of Saturn forever.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (December 1971)
- in Fantomet (Semic AS, 1976 series) #5/1985 (uke 9 1985)
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #145 ([no date])
Indexer Notes
Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.). The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) also by Lee and Ditko.
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