(May 1956)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
- Brand
- Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US
- Paper Stock
- newsprint
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
The Secret of the Mystic Ring!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Everett
- Inks
- Bill Everett
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Cuentos de Brujas (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1951 series) #71 (Noviembre 30 de 1957) -
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Everett inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Stan Goldberg.
The Secret of the Mystic Ring
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Robert Q. Sale (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Q. Sale ?; Jay Scott Pike ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-73
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Cuentos de Brujas (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1951 series) #71 (Noviembre 30 de 1957)
-
in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #S ([circa Summer 1977]) - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #7 ([no date])
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Jay Scott Pike Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 Series) #4. Wessler credit from his record books, per Robin Snyder's the Comics, Vol 25, No. 6, June 2014.
The Long Way Home
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Bob Forgione
- Inks
- Bob Forgione ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-78
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Cuentos de Brujas (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1951 series) #71 (Noviembre 30 de 1957)
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #10 (1963 ?)
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #32 (1968 ?) [Black and white.]
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #138 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils and job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Previous credits for art: Sal Trapani?
Previous credit for inks: Jack Abel?
Odd Skills
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell
- Inks
- Bob Powell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- J-216
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Jim Branner; Bill Toney
- Synopsis
- The manager of an auto parts shop develops a sudden tolerance for "human variation" in parts, possibly linked to otherworldly strangers in the shop at night.
- Reprints
- in Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #56 (February 1957) [as "No Variations"] which is reprinted
- in Zombie (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #7 ([circa 1961])
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #8 (1963 ?)
- in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #7 (January 1960) which is reprinted
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)
- in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #20 (June 1961) which is reprinted
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([March] 2008)
- in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #49 (November 1963)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #204 ([circa 1982 - 1983])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
A Penny for Your Dreams!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski
- Inks
- Bernie Krigstein ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-13
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #10 (1963 ?), #64 ([circa 1968]), #138 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
-
The Missing Man!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Marvin Stein ?
- Inks
- Gray Morrow ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- H-963
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Previous pencil credits to Al Williamson from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 Series) #4. Other indexers had suggested Herb Familton art.
Down to Earth
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell
- Inks
- Bob Powell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-45
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #10 (1963 ?), #138 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #74 ([undated])
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Someone Is Calling
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Bernie Krigstein (signed)
- Inks
- Bernie Krigstein (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-27
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #10 (1963 ?), #138 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #74
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 Series) #4.
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Table of Contents
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0.
The Secret of the Mystic Ring!
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1.
The Secret of the Mystic Ring
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2.
The Long Way Home
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3.
Odd Skills
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4.
A Penny for Your Dreams!
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5.
The Missing Man!
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6.
Down to Earth
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7.
Someone Is Calling
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ethan Hoddes
- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
- Banks S. Robinson
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr
- Matthew Head
- Ramon Schenk
- Steve Dasinger
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- Bob Klein
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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