(February 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 November 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
The Teen-Ager Who Ruled the World! (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Jack Kirby
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Bill Turner
Indexer Notes
Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 August 2006).
The Teen-Ager Who Ruled the World! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 11 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Davis
- Inks:
- Jack Davis
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- X-14
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Bill Turner; Miss Parker
- Synopsis:
- An arrogant teen-ager finds a genie's lamp and tries to make the world perfect, but finds that all his wishes have unexpected results.
We Can't All Be Human! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ray Holloway
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Henry Mathews
- Synopsis:
- Seemingly friendly aliens arrive on Earth, seeking refuge from pirates, but a philosophy student figures out that the first visitors are the pirates, and disguised themselves to appear pleasant to humans.
- Reprinted:
- in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #16 (September 1975)
Blueprint for Victory (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- G-60
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
- Characters:
- LtC. Cam Westover; Maj. Franks; Cpt. Bill Trayne; Gen. von Kretz
- Synopsis:
- A cunning spy infiltrates German HQ with a phoney blueprint as bait and paralyzes communications before a major US assault.
- Reprinted:
- from Marines in Battle (Marvel, 1954 series) #6 (June 1955)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Man In The Mirror! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Silas Haggle; J.J. Jones; Smedley
- Synopsis:
- A millionaire buys an enchanted mirror that allows him to wish any person he dislikes to be trapped inside of it. He wishes dozens of people into the mirror until he is contacted by agents of the IRS who wish to audit his books. He briefly considers wishing them into the mirror, but realizes that the government would just send more, so he decides to wish that no one will ever bother him again. He gets his wish, as he finds that all the people who were trapped in the mirror have been released and now he is its sole prisoner.
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