(June 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 March 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Quicksand!
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-669
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Geoffrey Wickshire; Sir Edmund Wickshire
- Synopsis:
- A greedy man tries to kill his brother to gain his half of the estate by tricking him into quicksand. The brother is saved by leprechauns and would have given up his half of the estate, but the greedy brother is so frightened that he falls to his death.
Indexer Notes
The third and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series). Ink credit changed from Steve Ditko on information from Steve Grant (Dec 2, 2005).
Venus!
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- 8745
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Monangahela Munroe
- Synopsis:
- The first explorer on Venus is caught in an old bear trap, but he is able to use the wildlife to call for help.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75 (December 1961) which is reprinted
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #6 (October 1951) [original title "The Hills of Venus"; as "Venus!"]
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Bully Boy!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-670
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Henry Fuller
- Synopsis:
- An electronic teacher observes a weak student being bullied and offers to train him in body building and fighting styles. When the student excels and becomes an even bigger bully than the others, the robot is disappointed with the results and deactivates itself.
Indexer Notes
The second and fifth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
The Girl in the Black Hood!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-671
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Medusa [May Dusa]; Mr. Jones
- Synopsis:
- A famous photographer never allows anyone to see her face. A criminal tries to rob her and forces her to remove her hood, only to discover that she is actually Medusa when he is turned to stone.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Giant-Size Dracula (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (September 1974)
Indexer Notes
The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series).
I Am a Martian!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-672
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A man can’t get anyone to believe that he is a Martian, but when he is allowed to modify a fire truck ladder he uses it to get home.
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), also by Lee and Ditko.
Table of Contents
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1.
Quicksand!
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2.
Venus!
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3.
The Bully Boy!
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4.
The Girl in the Black Hood!
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5.
I Am a Martian!
- Ethan Hoddes
- Henry Andrews
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Bob Klein
- Martin O'Hearn
- Tony R. Rose
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