(August 1953)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1953-05-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1953 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Meet the Dead!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 ([May] 2009), #2 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2009) [cover]
-
Indexer Notes
Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
The Hidden Vampires
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)
- Inks
- Tony DiPreta (signed as DiPreta)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-898
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- When a village has been sucked nearly dry of blood by undetected vampires, a vampire stalker arrives with his helpers, a black box filled with hungry mosquitoes.
- Reprints
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #17 (September 1972)
-
in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #13 ([February 1974]) - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 ([May] 2009)
-
The New Look
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan Loprino (signed as Dan Loprino)
- Inks
- Dan Loprino (signed as Dan Loprino)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-996
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The Devil grants the wish of an ugly man to have a new handsome face by grafting it onto the back of his head.
- Reprints
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (August 1972)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 ([May] 2009)
-
If the Coat Fits
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed as R. Heath)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed as R. Heath)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-755
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man leaves a coat with a pawn shop owner that transports the wearer into another dimension and replaces them with a shadow person.
- Reprints
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #17 (September 1972)
- in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #13 ([February 1974])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 ([May] 2009)
-
Meet the Dead
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Perlin (signed as Don Perlin)
- Inks
- Don Perlin (signed as Don Perlin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-888
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A medium gets a couple of her spirit contacts to frame another medium as a fake who is draining away clients from her.
- Reprints
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #15 (May 1972)
-
in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #8 (Mayo 1975) - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 ([May] 2009)
-
The Other Face
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Tuska (signed as G.T.)
- Inks
- George Tuska (signed as G.T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-764
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A plastic surgeon wants a man's wife so knocks him out and exchanges faces with him. The man knows that his wife would rather shoot him instead, so when she enters the room he pretends to be the surgeon and claims that he couldn't go through with the plan. She pulls out a gun and murders the surgeon and when she hands her husband the gun to dispose of, he shoots her.
- Reprints
- in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (October 1973)
-
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #127 (17 Febbraio 1976) - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 ([May] 2009)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Meet the Dead!
-
1.
The Hidden Vampires
-
2.
The Art of Death!!
-
3.
The New Look
-
4.
If the Coat Fits
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5.
Meet the Dead
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6.
The Other Face
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Bill Borre
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
- Ethan Hoddes
- Denys Howard
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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