(September 1953)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Official Magazine Corp.
- Brand:
- Atlas [black & white]
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Golden Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
job numbers taken from atlastales.com
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (October 1973) -
in Capitan America (Editoriale Corno, 1973 series) #99 (26 Gennaio 1977)
-
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Russ Heath
- Inks:
- Russ Heath
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
art credits from atlastales.com
Don't Shrink Sam's Head
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Romita ?
- Inks:
- John Romita ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- C-720
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- A man wants to go to Jivaro country so he can acquire a shrunken head for his collection of horror memorabilia but is afraid of having his head shrunk, so he hires a scientist to treat his head so that it is unshrinkable. The chief captures him and makes him a deal that if they can't shrink his head, they'll give him one of theirs and let him go. He accepts, and they fail to shrink his head so let him go, but they succeeded in their process with the rest of his body.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (October 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
art speculation from atlastales.com
Tribal Mask
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (illustration)
- Inks:
- ? (illustration)
- Colors:
- ? (illustration)
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- B-494
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
The Perfect Planet
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ross Andru (signed)
- Inks:
- Ross Andru (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- C-757
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
Hugo
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Pete Tumlinson (signed)
- Inks:
- Pete Tumlinson (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- C-718
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
Mother Knows Best
comic story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils:
- Sol Brodsky (signed)
- Inks:
- Sol Brodsky (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- C-877
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- A mother tells her daughter that the man in the moon causes the tides but her daughter doesn't believe her. Afterward, the moon gets destroyed by a comet impact and the seas grow calm. Years later, the little girl has grown to have a daughter of her own and she tries to convince her that there used to be a moon which caused the sea to swell. She is shocked when her skeptical daughter says to her "Oh mother, would you have believed a story like that if your mother had told it to you?"
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #10 (May 1974)
-
Every Dog Has Its Day!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- C-663
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- An old miser who is mean to the boys at a neighboring orphanage gets what's coming to him when he poisons one of the orphans' dogs.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (October 1973)
- in Capitan America (Editoriale Corno, 1973 series) #99 (26 Gennaio 1977)
-
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Don't Shrink Sam's Head
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3.
Tribal Mask
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4.
[no title indexed]
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5.
The Perfect Planet
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6.
[no title indexed]
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7.
[no title indexed]
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8.
Hugo
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9.
[no title indexed]
-
10.
Mother Knows Best
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11.
[no title indexed]
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12.
Every Dog Has Its Day!
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13.
[no title indexed]
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14.
[no title indexed]
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15.
[no title indexed]
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16.
[no title indexed]
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