(May 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 February 1962 (February 8 according to Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website, February 27 according to Bob Bailey). This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
The Martian Who Stole a City! (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction; horror
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006).
The Martian Who Stole a City! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Larry Lieber (script, plot); Stan Lee (plot)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Bill Gordon; Bobby Carter
- Synopsis:
- A Martian steals a city piece by piece, until a young boy figures out that it is vulnerable to light.
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #21 (February 1973)
- in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #20 (October 1975)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Script, inks and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)
Mystery Mansion (Table of Contents)
text story / 1.75 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- H-396
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Sam Catlett; Caspar; Ben Rump; Bill Rump
- Synopsis:
- A local millionaire secludes himself from his old bowling buddies as he becomes wealthier, but they discover that he misses them so much that he has invented a robotic bowling alley.
- Reprinted:
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #45 (January 1956)
Indexer Notes
The first page is printed between the pages of "The Martian Who Stole a City!", while the second page is printed between "It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop...Or Was It??!" and "The Thing In the Locked Room!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership. Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)
Nothing Can Save Us! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script, plot)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-615
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Capt. Rick Marshall
- Synopsis:
- Trapped on a small planet a group of space pilots almost kill a space dragon out of fear until they realize that it protects the planet from runaway asteroids.
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #21 (February 1973)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Kirby. Script, inks and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)
It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop...Or Was It??! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Mugsy Bogar
- Synopsis:
- Mugsy Bogar is a crook on the run. A mysterious figure instructs him to hide in a nearby barbershop. He goes in and the barber hides him forever.
- Reprinted:
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #15 (February 1975)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. Script and synopsis 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) (Table of Contents)
statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)
Credits
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Average circulation per issue October 1960–September 1961 (issues #26–36, despite monthly cover dates): 184,635. This shares the last page of "Mystery Mansion".
The Thing in the Locked Room! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script, plot)
- Pencils:
- Don Heck (signed)
- Inks:
- Don Heck (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-616
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Prince Zemu
- Synopsis:
- Prince Zemu takes a strange painting as part of his booty, only to discover it saps his life and youth from him.
- Reprinted:
- in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #17 (July 1975)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Script and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)
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