(August 1957)
Marvel,
1957 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Postal Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
Some basic information on this issue from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
[no title indexed]
Homer the Happy Ghost / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- M-511
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here comes Homer!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Homer; Momma; Poppa
- Synopsis
- Homer brings a gift for his parents which includes some advice.
[no title indexed]
Snappy the Ghost Dog / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poor Snappy...sleeping out in the rain like that!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Snappy; Homer
- Synopsis
- Snappy doesn't understand what a doghouse is for.
[Homer and the Robot!]
Adventures of Homer Ghost / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- M-549
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Homer; Dugan; Melvin; Zelda; Doctor Doom; Monstro
- Synopsis
- The gang meets the mad scientist Doctor Doom and his robot Monstro.
Indexer Notes
Story title taken from the cover of this issue. Obviously not the same Doctor Doom as Lee's later creation in the Fantastic Four series.
[no title indexed]
Homer the Happy Ghost / activity / 1 page
- Job Number
- M-548
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Homner; Melvin; Dugan; Zelda
Indexer Notes
coloring page
[no title indexed]
Zelda the Whacky Witch / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-964
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's play cards, gang!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Zelda
- Synopsis
- No one will play cards with Zelda because she always uses her witchcraft to win.
[no title indexed]
Zelda the Whacky Witch / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- none
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! Zelda's making a witch's brew!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Zelda; Homer; Melvin; Gobby
- Synopsis
- It's laundry day for Zelda.
[no title indexed]
Zelda the Whacky Witch / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- none
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey gang!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Zelda; Homer; Melvin; Dugan
- Synopsis
- The gang hunts for unusual birds' eggs, but only finds a golf ball.
[no title indexed]
Alice the Little Ghost Girl / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- none
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm gonna buy a new hat so Homer will notice it...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Alice; Homer; Dugan
- Synopsis
- Alice's plan doesn't work out.
[no title indexed]
Melvin the Mixed-Up Ghost / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- none
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, kid, wouldja watch my seat...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Melvin
- Synopsis
- Melvin is kind of dumb.
[no title indexed]
Dugan the Dead-End Ghost / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- none
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here comes Dugan...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Dugan; Alice; Homer
- Synopsis
- Dugan tries to bully Homer.
[no title indexed]
Zelda the Scatter-Brained Witch / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- none
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look...there's a carnival!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Zelda; Homer
- Synopsis
- Zelda is wary of the scary rides at the carnival.
Private Detective
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils
- ? (illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- H-297
- Genre
- children
- Reprints
-
from Patsy and Hedy (Marvel, 1952 series) #41 (January 1956) [original title: Detective Agency]
-
[The Black Witch!]
Adventures of Homer Ghost / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- M-579
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Homer; Zelda; Dugan; Melvin; the Black Witch
- Synopsis
- The Black Witch comes to town to replace Zelda for being too nice.
Indexer Notes
Story title taken from the cover of this issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Homer and the Robot!
Adventures of Homer Ghost -
1.
["Here comes Homer!"]
Homer the Happy Ghost -
2.
["Poor Snappy...sleeping out in the rain like that!"]
Snappy the Ghost Dog -
3.
[Homer and the Robot!]
Adventures of Homer Ghost -
4.
[no title indexed]
Homer the Happy Ghost -
5.
["Let's play cards, gang!"]
Zelda the Whacky Witch -
6.
["Look! Zelda's making a witch's brew!"]
Zelda the Whacky Witch -
7.
["Hey gang!"]
Zelda the Whacky Witch -
8.
["I'm gonna buy a new hat so Homer will notice it..."]
Alice the Little Ghost Girl -
9.
["Hey, kid, wouldja watch my seat..."]
Melvin the Mixed-Up Ghost -
10.
["Here comes Dugan..."]
Dugan the Dead-End Ghost -
11.
["Look...there's a carnival!"]
Zelda the Scatter-Brained Witch -
12.
Private Detective
-
13.
[The Black Witch!]
Adventures of Homer Ghost -
14.
["Let's buy a camera and take pictures of ourselves!"]
The Ghost Gang
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Matthew Head
- Mike Nielsen
- Banks S. Robinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Phil Spressart
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