(August 1954)

Marvel, 1950 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1954-05-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Fiction Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Atlas [black & white]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 8, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1954. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B485376.

The Horrible Fear! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Maneely (signed)
Inks
Joe Maneely (signed)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Art credit from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group ([email protected]) April 2010.

Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

The Madman! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Lawrence (signed)
Inks
Mort Lawrence (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
E-629
Synopsis
A submarine commander still fighting the war long after it's over, has his basement outfitted to resemble a sub, and so his relatives attempt to get him committed as a loon. When he sees the attendants coming through the periscope to take him away, depth charges rock the basement and produce flooding which drowns his relatives.

Indexer Notes

Job number, page count, and art credit from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group ([email protected]) April 2010.

The Paper Monster (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-327
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Sequence added per Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group ([email protected]) April 2010.

Reincarnation! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Meskin (signed)
Inks
George Roussos (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
E-722
Synopsis
A man with a gambling debt convinces his rich uncle to commit suicide in a specific fashion so that he will be reincarnated, but he just wants to get ahold of his money. As time goes by, and he hears nothing about the estate, he questions the lawyer about it only to be told that the uncle's will left the entire estate to the man himself when he claims it in his reincarnated body.

Indexer Notes

Job number, page count, and art credit from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group ([email protected]) April 2010.

Android! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Werner Roth
Inks
Werner Roth ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
E-606
Synopsis
Androids are promised better living conditions by humans if they terraform Mars, but are lied to.

Indexer Notes

Job number and page count from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group ([email protected]) April 2010.

You Think Too Loud! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Carreño (signed)
Inks
Al Carreño (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
E-695
Synopsis
A criminal who finds that he can read minds makes the mistake of not getting a second opinion when he reads the mind of his doctor who thinks that he will not live out beyond the week. The criminal commits suicide by diving out of the window before the doctor comes back into the room after looking at x-rays and realizes he had made a mistake, his patient is perfectly healthy.

Indexer Notes

Job number, page count, and art credit from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group ([email protected]) April 2010.

The Fear! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jay Scott Pike (signed)
Inks
Jay Scott Pike (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese ?

Job Number
E-674
Synopsis
When a man returns to his house during a lightning storm for a tin box filled with money, he sees lightning strike the box, but the cat is standing on it so he thinks it safe and grabs it. He forgot that cats have nine lives.

Indexer Notes

Job number, page count, and art credit from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group ([email protected]) April 2010.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Horrible Fear!
  2. 1. The Madman!
  3. 2. The Paper Monster
  4. 3. Reincarnation!
  5. 4. Android!
  6. 5. You Think Too Loud!
  7. 6. The Fear!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Bill Borre
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)