(April 1962)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Vista Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- MC
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Four Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands on January 4, 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. Distribution date from Bob Bailey (August 12, 2005)
The Two-Headed Thing! (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- "Two-Headed Thing" [named only in title]; Eddie Kane
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #26 (October 1973)
The Two-Headed Thing! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- [V-554 ?]
Content Information
- Genre:
- monsters
- Characters:
- "Two-Headed Thing" (named only in title); Eddie Kane
- Synopsis:
- In a storm, a convict escapes through a hole smashed in the wall. When he is found, he tells a tale of a shape-shifting monster. When the guards scoff, the escapee reveals that HE is the monster, and they are only saved by a lightning strike.
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #26 (October 1973)
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. Script credited in the reprint to Stan Lee; previous indexer credited Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot). Synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Muscle Man (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- J-849
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Jimmy Binn; Tooloo
- Synopsis:
- An ordinary man envies body-builders on the beach, and a strange figure teaches him about the strength of his own mind.
- Reprinted:
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #48 (July 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Monster Escapes! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-555
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- An alien planning to invade Earth crash lands and tries to find a rocket to escape. Instead, he accidentally conceals himself in an airtight time capsule and suffocates.
- Reprinted:
- In Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #24 (October 1973)
Indexer Notes
The alien conveniently wrote his log in English "to study our language". The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Kirby. Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
The Cave of Shaggdorr! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Larry Lieber; Stan Lee (plot)
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-556
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Shaggdorr; Bruno Krugg
- Synopsis:
- No one had ever returned from a treasure search in the cave of the Shaggdorr on Ursa Centaurius. Bruno Krugg escapes the authorities and heads for the planet to steal the treasure. Little does he know the cave itself is a giant creature.
- Reprinted:
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #15 (April 1976)
Indexer Notes
Set in 3061. Script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
The Two Greatest New Fantasy Magazines in the World! (Table of Contents)
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (Amazing Adult Fantasy); Jack Kirby (Fantastic Four)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (Amazing Adult Fantasy); Sol Brodsky (Fantastic Four)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Advertises Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series). Pencils and inks added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
Do Not Panic! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-557
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- An alien craft arrives over a city and descends. The pilot wears a frightening spacesuit, but since the military do not panic, they do not attack, and when the human pilot removes his helmet he is warmly greeted by the people of Mars.
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #26 (October 1973)
- in Curse of the Weird (Marvel, 1993 series) #1 (December 1993)
Indexer Notes
The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.
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