(January 1963)
- 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 October 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Hagg, Hunter of Helpless Humans! (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:
- Haag
Indexer Notes
Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006).
Haag! The Hunter of Helpless Humans! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek [as A. Simek]
- Job Number:
- V-964
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Haag; Bret Marlowe; Charlie; Ben; Frank
- Synopsis:
- An alien hunter named Haag comes to earth looking for new game to hunt and sets out to capture humans from around the world.
- Reprinted:
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #12 (October 1975)
- in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #62 (September 1976) [as "Haag! Humains chasseurs ou impuissants!", French translation]
Indexer Notes
Indexer of reprint gives title as "Haag! Hunter of Helpless Humans". Some other information on this story from Terry Watkins, 1/19/2006.
Muscle Man (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- J-849
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Jimmy Binn; Tooloo
- Synopsis:
- An ordinary man envies body-builders on the beach, and a strange figure teaches him about the strength of his own mind.
- Reprinted:
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #48 (July 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
A Voice in the Dark (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Art Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Freddy Sloan
- Synopsis:
- A crook hides in a wax museum, but he is scared off by a phonogram record. The curator finds the record, but no one except the statues could have turned it on.
Behold--the Monster! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-966
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Joe; J.G.
- Synopsis:
- A publicity agent has a large paper mache monster created to promote a new movie but is despondent when his boss criticizes him for public complaints the object is generating. Unknown to anyone on Earth, an alien invasion force is drawing near when its commander orders the viewscreen to display a typical Earth creature so they will know what to expect. When the viewscreen picks up the large monster, the alien commander panics and orders a full retreat.
- Reprinted:
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #37 (September 1975)
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