(July 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 April 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #20 (October 1975)
Dead Storage!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Victor Marshall
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (November 1971) [retouched]
Indexer Notes
Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, February 2009. Original indexer had not supplied an inker credit.
Dead Storage
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-705
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Victor Marshall; Koru
- Synopsis:
- A burnt-out actor stumbles upon an alien invasion, and gives the best performance of his life to save Earth.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (November 1971)
Indexer Notes
The third and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series), the last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also drawn by Kirby.
The Comic
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- J-214
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Stan Wepp
- Synopsis:
- A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #45 (May 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Frightened Man!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-706
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- John Bentley
- Synopsis:
- A scientist tries to use a time machine to escape the dangers of the modern world, but he finds that every era has its dangers.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #16 (March 1972)
Indexer Notes
This story seems to be a retelling of "Time Machine", a text story first published in Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #57 (March 1957) and reprinted many times subsequently; it shares the same structure and moral, though the motive for building a time machine is different. The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
The Voice of Fate!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Walter Krugg
- Synopsis:
- The Fates make a wager over whether humans will ever understand that they cannot escape them. One of them tells a jewel thief that he will be punished, but he defies fate and flees the country, thinking that since the US is in World War II he will never be found and punished in Hiroshima.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #6 (February 1972)
Indexer Notes
This story is a retelling of "Mister Black", drawn by Gene Colan in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #93 (February 1962) with an American protaganist instead of a Japanese one. The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
The Absent Minded Professor!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Professor Blank
- Synopsis:
- A college professor is certain that life exists upon other worlds, but can't quite remember why he is so assured of this fact. One evening he is abducted by aliens and he receives his answer. The aliens tell him the reason for his abduction is that years ago the aliens sent a spy to Earth, but failed to hear back from him, and the captain of the spaceship realizes that he should not have sent an absent-minded spy. The professor realizes that he is the alien spy.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #20 (October 1975)
Indexer Notes
First page caption: "It's time once again to match wits with Lee and Ditko!!" 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.
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