(August 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 May 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
The Man in the Bee-Hive! (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Eric
Indexer Notes
Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006).
The Man in the Beehive! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-765
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Lucius Farnsworth; Eric
- Synopsis:
- An eccentric beekeeper reveals to a thief that he is a mutant with special powers. He shrinks the thief and frightens him with the attacks of the bees that are now larger than he is, but leaves him wondering if any of it was real.
- Reprinted:
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #8 (March 1967)
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #34 (March 1975)
Lady Luck (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- G-377
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Lester Ford; Marie Ford; Lady Luck
- Synopsis:
- A businessman doesn’t believe in luck, but several beneficial encounters with an old lady change his mind.
- Reprinted:
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #136 (July 1955)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Sazzik the Sorcerer (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Boris Grumm; Sazzik
- Synopsis:
- A TV producer of violent sensationalist drama finds a book on a sorcerer that he thinks will bring in a big profit televised. He makes the mistake of reading the printed avocation spell out loud and the spirit of the long dead mage appears and casts him into limbo.
- Reprinted:
- in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #9 (April 1975)
The One Who Isn't Human (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-767
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Silas Cragg; X-22
- Synopsis:
- A scientist's robot goes bad, and it is so advanced that it cannot be distinguished from a human by any instruments. Ony the reaction of a dog tells the police which of several suspects is the robot.
The Thing in the Sky! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- The communists build a super computer space-based weapons platform and issue it commands to strike targets from where it sits in orbit. They build the machine too well, however, for it rejects the order as immoral and states any such further order will result in the weapons being trained upon those who issue it. The satellite assumes a guardian role over planet Earth.
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