(June 1956)

Marvel, 1949 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Inc.
Brand
Atlas [black & white]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Issues job numbers and signature information added by Gary Watson from books in hand.

Frozen Alive! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
Inks
Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

Frozen Alive! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Brown (signed as WR Brown)
Inks
Bob Brown (signed as WR Brown)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-455
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The three geological scientists from new York who wanted to find out what man and animals were like thousands of years ago...
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Three scientists free a T-Rex frozen in a block of ice.

Indexer Notes

Unknown script per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.

Plot elements in common with The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (Warner Bros. Pictures, 1953): scientists discover a dinosaur frozen in the Arctic

The Trouble with Marcus (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle (signed as FWB)
Inks
Frank Bolle (signed as FWB)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-352
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Space flight and spacemen were new to the world... the frontiers of space had just been opened to mankind!
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A man desires to the leave the ranks of the spacemen, but finds that after years in space, he doesn't fit in on Earth anymore.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unknown script per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.

It Happened to the Captain (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Infantino (signed as J Infantino)
Inks
Jim Infantino (signed as J Infantino)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-389
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It has come to rest at last, deep in the basement's thick shadows that swathe the old man's hobby bench!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
A cruel sea captain demands the waves be calm as glass and finds his ship trapped in a bottle.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unknown script per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.

The Boaster (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Forte (illustration)
Inks
John Forte (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
J-718
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hickory Watts was a round-faced boy, with a friendly, freckled face, but the truth of the matter was that Hickory was too fresh.
Reprints

The Vanishing Martians (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed as Steve Ditko)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed as Steve Ditko)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-486
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Matt Lawson found the police too busy with a great and bewildering mystery to be bothered with his complaint!
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A man oversees soldiers from Jupiter land their craft on Earth to make repairs after a successful war with Martians. He steals the craft hoping to plunder the Martian ruins but the radioactive rocks he finds turn out to be the Martians themselves.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unknown script per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.

The Perilous Prize (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sid Check (signed)
Inks
Sid Check (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-312
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tod Templeton was small of size and meek of manner, but when it came to taking a chance, he had the courage of a lion!
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
An unlucky Earthman wins the jackpot ticket Ruler for A Day contest on Venus.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unknown script per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.

Voices in the Night! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-473
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a San Francisco office building, there was a frantically whispered message!
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A broadcaster inadvertingly saves lives when different dialogue parts of programs get sent out to people in dangerous situations.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wessler credit from his record books, per Robin Snyder's the Comics,Vol 25, No. 8, August 2014.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Frozen Alive!
  2. 1. Frozen Alive!
  3. 2. The Trouble with Marcus
  4. 3. It Happened to the Captain
  5. 4. The Boaster
  6. 5. The Vanishing Martians
  7. 6. The Perilous Prize
  8. 7. Voices in the Night!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bill Borre
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Gary Henderson
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Michael Hoskin
  • James Ludwig
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson