Astonishing #4

(June 1951)

Screaming Tomb! (Table of Contents)

Marvel Boy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett

Pencils:

Bill Everett

Inks:

Bill Everett

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Everett

Job Number:

8094

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Marvel Boy [Bob Grayson]; Starr Ryder; Doctor Ryder; Pietro; Madame La Morte

Synopsis:

Marvel Boy's lady friend Starr Ryder and her father set out on an expedition in one of Europe's catacombs. There they meet Madame La Morte, a fiend who Marvel Boy theorizes is the spirit of death herself.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([January] 2007)
• in Marvel Boy: The Uranian (Marvel, 2010 series) #2 (April 2010)

Keywords:

Benedetto; Rosettti catacombs; Sicily; vampires; zombies

When a Planet Dies! (Table of Contents)

Marvel Boy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett

Pencils:

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks:

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Everett

Job Number:

8228

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Marvel Boy [Bob Grayson]; Matthew Grayson

Synopsis:

The Uranian water commissioner creates an artificial drought and attempts to blackmail his way to power.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([January] 2007)

Keywords:

drought

Indexer Notes

Job Number from www.atlastales.com.

The Man Who Vanished (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Job Number:

6416

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Reprints:

• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #1 (March 1951) [as "The Man Who Vanished"]
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([January] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Job number from www.atlastales.com. Previous indexer missed the text illustration.

The Nightmare (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Hank Chapman (signed)

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Wayne Boring

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

8185

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Hank Chapman; Stan Lee

Synopsis:

A horror writer who uses nightmares for inspiration becomes trapped in his own dreams.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([January] 2007)

Keywords:

dreaming; nightmares; writing

Indexer Notes

Hank Chapman and Stan Lee appear in this story.

Job number from www.atlastales.com.

Walking Ghost (Table of Contents)

Marvel Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett

Pencils:

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks:

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Everett

Job Number:

8093

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Marvel Boy [Bob Grayson]; Diana Frost; Roger Carlyle; Gideon Frost

Synopsis:

Marvel Boy investigates the appearance of a ghost at the Frost estate.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([January] 2007)

Keywords:

ghosts

Indexer Notes

The Gideon Frost is this story is not to be confused with the vampire in the Tomb of Dracula series.

Job number from www.atlastales.com.