(August 1952)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Chipiden Publishing Corp.
- Brand:
- Atlas [wireframe globe]
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Four Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Issue Notes
some job numbers from atlastales.com
Drink Deep, Vampire! (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sol Brodsky
- Inks:
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
Blind Date (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- Vic Carrabotta ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-691
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Synopsis:
- A man walks out of a bar and sees a beautiful redhead sitting in a convertible waiting for someone. He hits on her. She tells him that she is waiting for an older wealthy man and asks him to leave but he refuses and gets in the car. She says 'Very well' and careens off. He becomes frightened and tells her to slow down and she does not. When he glances over at her, he screams, for he sees a skeleton that tells him he has stolen a blind date with Death as the car heads straight for the side of a mountain.
- Reprinted:
- in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (May 1973)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
Death Finds a Way (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- A-203
Content Information
- Reprinted:
- from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #1 (June 1952)
The Strange Game (Table of Contents)
comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Marty Elkin (signed)
- Inks:
- Marty Elkin
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-644
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Synopsis:
- A man stumbles over a card game where four strange characters are playing for body parts.
- Reprinted:
- in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #3 (May 1973)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
The Man from Mars (Table of Contents)
comic story / 3 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Bob Fujitani
- Inks:
- Bob Fujitani
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-634
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A deadbeat wants to see a movie called 'The Man from Mars' but since he doesn't bother to get a job, he's broke and has no money. When he sees a rocket ship with a sign outside that reads "Be the First to see Mars" he thinks it's a promotion for the picture and enters, hoping to get to see the movie for free. Suddenly, the rocket blasts off and he passes out from the acceleration. When he revives, he finds himself a captive in a Martian zoo.
- Reprinted:
- in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (May 1973)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
Drink Deep, Vampire (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Sinnott
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-701
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Synopsis:
- A business man attempts to swindle a coven of vampires by draining their blood every day and selling it back to them every evening.
- Reprinted:
- in Dracula Lives (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (1973)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
The Voice of Doom (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Benulis
- Inks:
- Bill Benulis
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-627
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror
- Synopsis:
- A publisher has communication devices installed in every cubicle so he can fire his employees when they badmouth him. One day, he hears a voice that threatens him with eternal torments in Hell. He demands to know who is speaking and a grinning skull emanates from the device to claim him.
- Reprinted:
- in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (May 1973)
- in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #55
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Strange Tales (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
All portions of the Grand Comics Database that are subject to copyright are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.