(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.
Monster at My Window! (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:
- Paul Marshall
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #29 (August 1974)
Indexer Notes
This cover art is also the splash page of the lead story.
A Monster at My Window! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-77
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Paul Marshall
- Synopsis:
- An alien from another dimension threatens a science fiction writer, but the writer is a hostile alien from a different dimension.
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #29 (August 1974)
Masquerade (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- G-750
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Tommy; Kitty Blake; Old King Cole
- Synopsis:
- A man with no imagination is invited to a costume party by his girlfriend, but stumbles across real fairy-tale folk instead.
- Reprinted:
- from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #38 (October 1955)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Strange Fate of the Statue Maker! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Luther Benedict
- Synopsis:
- An inventor accidentally invents a petrification device and decides to use it to turn attractive people into detailed statues. His first victim is so beautiful that he decides to release her, but accidentally petrifies himself.
- Reprinted:
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #30 (October 1974)
The Invaders (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:
- Aliens from a dry desert world park their invasion fleet on a large expanse of the ocean thinking it to be a solid surface whereupon the ships sink like stones.
- Reprinted:
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #5 (August 1974)
Dance, You Fool (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Carlos Carter
- Synopsis:
- An unsuccessful dancer overhears the old man in the room next to him saying that his old pair of dancing shoes can make anyone a great dancer. He steals the shoes from the old man, but finds that he can never stop dancing.
- Reprinted:
- in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #12 (September 1974)
Indexer Notes
Narrated by the rooming house where the protagonist lives.
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