(June 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 in March 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 Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
When a Planet Dies!
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Rackozo Roor; Johnn; Aletha
- Synopsis:
- Humans are forced underground by the Sun’s death. An approaching planet alarms many, but humans vote against destroying it: saving Earth as the new planet, really a sun, thaws the dying world.
- Reprints:
-
in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #112 (?) -
in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #22 (May 1977) [altered to become a Dr. Druid story; altered to include Dr. Druid]
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #22 (May 1977) [altered to become a Dr. Druid story]
Indexer Notes
The third, fourth and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
Mystery Pupil
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-382
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Colin; Mr. Plum; Gertrude
- Synopsis:
- A dull teacher earns accolades by accidentally helping capture a Martian criminal.
- Reprints:
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #52 (October 1956)
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #52 (October 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Madness!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Dan Cooper
- Synopsis:
- A man is transported by a mist to the 16th century, where he is locked up as a madman. He escapes and is transported with the asylum keeper back to the present, where the keeper is taken for mad!
- Reprints:
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #20 (January 1977)
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #20 (January 1977)
Indexer Notes
The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series).
Goodbye to Linda Brown
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Linda Brown; Aunt May; Uncle Ben
- Synopsis:
- A girl in a wheelchair living with her aunt and uncle begins sleepwalking. In her sleep, she wheels herself underwater. The couple are sad...but they knew their mermaid ward would one day go home.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #83 (September 1977)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn] (2005)
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #83 (September 1977)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn]
Indexer Notes
The third page includes an advertisement for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.
This story is a retelling of "The Sea Waits for Me!", drawn by Dick Ayers, from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #43 (March 1956).
Behind the Dreadful Door!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gene Colan
- Inks:
- Gene Colan
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Joshua Carstairs; Derek Weems
- Synopsis:
- A painter breaks into a room which he thinks is the source of a famous artist's inspiration. It contains supernatural beings that model for the artist, who take the intruder as their own model.
- Reprints:
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #21 (March 1977) [altered to become a Dr. Druid story; altered to include Dr. Druid]
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #21 (March 1977) [altered to become a Dr. Druid story]
Indexer Notes
The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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