(October 1955)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-06-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1955 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Masterpiece!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
The Man Who Stopped Time!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed as Dick Ayers)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers
- Job Number
- G-600
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A man buys a watch that stops time, but for every minute he halts, a year passes for him.
- Reprints
-
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #96, #22 (1963 ?) - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
The Expert
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- G-808
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #4 (December 1956) [as "The Expert"]
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
It Happened On Mars
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Tartaglione (signed as LIONE)
- Inks
- John Tartaglione (signed as LIONE)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- G-787
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- When a space ranger meets a Martian princess, he forgets about the girl who jilted him.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #96, #22 (1963 ?), #241 ([circa 1987 - 1988])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Signed "LIONE" on space ship.
The Masterpiece!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as John Severin)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as John Severin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- G-587
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A painter two hundred years dead does a favor for a struggling artist who ekes out a living copying his works.
- Reprints
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #51
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #23 (1963 ?), #172 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #209 ([circa 1982 - 1983])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
The Man Who Changed!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jay Scott Pike (signed as Jay Scott Pike)
- Inks
- Jay Scott Pike ?; Christopher Rule ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- G-629
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A plain woman shows kindness to a down-and-outer on St. Valentine's day and he reveals himself as St. Valentine and rewards her with beauty.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #96, #22 (1963 ?), #241 ([circa 1987 - 1988])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
-
The Train That Wasn't There!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (signed as
POWELL) - Inks
- Bob Powell (signed as POWELL)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- G-636
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A railroad magnate curses his rival with a ghost train that runs through his property.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #96, #22 (1963 ?), #241 ([circa 1987 - 1988])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 ([October] 2010)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #23 (2014)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Masterpiece!
-
1.
The Man Who Stopped Time!
-
2.
The Expert
-
3.
It Happened On Mars
-
4.
The Masterpiece!
-
5.
The Man Who Changed!
-
6.
The Train That Wasn't There!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- Chris Boyko
- Roger Brochu
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Gregory Fischer
- Ethan Hoddes
- Mark Q
- Banks S. Robinson
- Per Sandell
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
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