(March 1954)

Marvel, 1951 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Current Detective Stories, Inc.
Brand:
Atlas [wireframe globe]
Editing:
Stan Lee
Format:
4 Color; Standard Golden Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[The Vampire Man] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Joe Maneely (signed); Carl Burgos [Vampire Figure]
Inks:
Joe Maneely (signed)(?); Carl Burgos [Vampire Figure] (?)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Horror

The Vampire Man (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Larry Woromay (?)
Inks:
Larry Woromay (?)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
D-777

Content Information

Genre:
Horror
Synopsis:
This story postulates the Jack the Ripper killings were done by a hateful hunchback who wanted to become a vampire so he could kill mortals, but was repulsed by the sight of blood, so vampires killed him when he could not fulfill their condition that he partake of human blood before new year's eve.

Indexer Notes

Larry Woromay credit a guess by M. Vassallo


The Black Box (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
9986

Content Information

Genre:
Horror
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From Out of the…Grave (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gene Colan
Inks:
Gene Colan
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
D-849

Content Information

Genre:
Horror
Synopsis:
In old England, a hunch backed grave robber named Grimm makes his living digging up corpses and selling them to doctors to experiment on illegally. When the doctors are finished they have Grimm dispose of the bodies. In stead of putting them back in their graves Grimm simply tosses them in the river. One night however, the offended dead rise from their watery graves to get revenge against him, frightening him to death. When a new grave robber beings working for their doctors, his first dig is ironically Grimm himself.
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The Man Who Walked the Plank (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Werner Roth
Inks:
Werner Roth (?)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
D-742

Content Information

Genre:
Horror
Synopsis:
After a pirate captain's ship is sunk, he finds himself surrounded by sharks, floating on the plank he has forced many to walk off of. His undead victims from Davey Jone's locker jostle the plank, forcing him to walk it, until he tires and falls prey to the sharks.

The Faceless Ones (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Myron Fass
Inks:
Myron Fass
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
D-870

Content Information

Genre:
Horror
Synopsis:
The first space flight from Earth finds the astronauts landing in Hell.
Reprints:

The Horrible House (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Eadeh
Inks:
Al Eadeh
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Job Number:
D-880

Content Information

Genre:
Horror
Synopsis:
A wealthy man dreams of an atom bomb wrecking his house and burying him alive, so he goes into the country where he thinks he is safe and has a house built. The construction men warn him that the ground is soft, but he disregards their warning, and the entire house sinks beneath the earth with him inside.
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Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Vampire Man
  2. 2. The Black Box
  3. 3. From Out of the…Grave
  4. 4. The Man Who Walked the Plank
  5. 5. The Faceless Ones
  6. 6. The Horrible House
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Chris Brown; M Vassallo; F Motler; J Selegue
  • Bill Borre
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Jim Walls
  • Chris Brown; M Vassallo; F Motler; J Selegue