(June 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 in April 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
The Ruler of Earth!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Jack Kirby ?
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth)
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #25 (November 1973)
Indexer Notes
Possible Kirby inks per Nick Caputo, Sept 2011. Nick originally suggested George Roussos as possible inker, but after studying many Kirby inked covers, research which can be seen on his blog: http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/ he believes Kirby inked this cover.
The Ruler of Earth!
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth)
- Synopsis:
- In the near future of 1990, humanity has created a computer, named R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth), to settle disputes for it. A handful of communists attempt to re-program the computer to serve their aims, but the computer is incapable of any wrongdoing. Only man, the computer says, has the capacity to be evil.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #25 (November 1973)
Indexer Notes
The second, fourth and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
The Treasure
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- G-980
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish
- Synopsis:
- A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.
- Reprints:
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #36 (October 1955)
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #36 (October 1955)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. On the 6th and 24th interior pages.
There Dwells a Dragon
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-696
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Tommy; Tommy's dad
- Synopsis:
- Tommy's father takes him to the zoo, but Tommy is only interested in the knights and dragons in his book. Tommy's father passes through a mist at the zoo and emerges in Camelot, where he slays a dragon. When he returns to the present, he recognizes his own face in Tommy's book.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #145 ([no date])
Indexer Notes
The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
Kunga
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gene Colan
- Inks:
- Gene Colan
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-697
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Kunga
- Synopsis:
- Two hunters investigate reports of a gigantic gorilla, but when they confront it, they discover that the gorilla isn't from Earth at all, and that some times force is not the solution to every problem.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #145 ([no date])
Indexer Notes
The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
The Comic Strip!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- [None]
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Characters:
- Nick Nash; "Tightwad" Ted; Tina Torrid
- Synopsis:
- Cartoonist Nick Nash uses his comic strip to take his revenge on people, but in the end gets an ironic and surreal comeuppance.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #145 ([no date])
Indexer Notes
The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series); the last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series).
Table of Contents
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1.
The Ruler of Earth!
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2.
The Treasure
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3.
There Dwells a Dragon
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4.
Kunga
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5.
The Comic Strip!
- Jim Van Dore
- Ramon Schenk
- Ethan Hoddes
- Nick Caputo
- Bob Heer
- Bob Klein
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Darrel McCann
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