(July 1952)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1952-05-07
- Indicia Publisher:
- Chipiden Publishing Corp.
- Brand:
- Atlas [black & white]
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Four Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Possible arrival date based on front cover stamp of indexer's copy.
["Wh-who are you digging th-that for?"]
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Inks:
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
-
The Old Mill
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gene Colan (signed) [as G. Colan]
- Inks:
- Gene Colan (signed) [as G. Colan]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-284
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Kurt Braun
- Synopsis:
- A mill hand disposes of his tyrannical boss by grinding him up.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (August 1973)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
-
Escape
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (illustration)
- Inks:
- ? (illustration)
- Colors:
- ? (illustration)
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- A-569
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
-
Fame!
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Manny Stallman (signed)
- Inks:
- Manny Stallman (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-447
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Vance Roamer; H.T. Whitney
- Synopsis:
- Universal rejection makes a would-be actor's mind snap and so he rents a tuxedo with his last few dollars and does a presentation on a building ledge before a gathered crowd until he makes the leap that will ensure his fame.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #10 (April 1974)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
-
The Storm
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Vic Carrabotta (signed)
- Inks:
- Vic Carrabotta (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-404
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Miko
- Synopsis:
- A killer hijacks a plane to escape the police. The pilot turns out to be Satan and he lands the plane in Hell.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #3 (April 1974)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
-
Something In the Fog!
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ed Goldfarb (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Baer (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-398
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Nick; Tennant; Laska
- Synopsis:
- A group of smugglers run into the Flying Dutchman.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #10 (April 1974)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
-
If the Shoe Fits
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-310
Content Information
- Genre:
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- A man who murders a shoe maker becomes trapped in wet cement.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #12 (January 1975)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
-
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Wh-who are you digging th-that for?"]
-
1.
The Old Mill
-
2.
Escape
-
3.
Fame!
-
4.
The Storm
-
5.
Something In the Fog!
-
6.
If the Shoe Fits
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