(August 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 (editor)
The Volcano
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
- Inks
- Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #20 (1963 ?), #151 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #232 ([circa 1985 - 1986]) -
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012), #4 ([May] 2012) [cover]
-
The Deep Freeze
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)
- Inks
- Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-526
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Three crooks place themselves in suspended animation for 200 years after stealing 150,000 dollars. Not only is the money still good in 2156, not only is 150,000 still a lot of money in 2156 (gasp!), but the only reason they run afoul of the law is that the suitcase of money they stole was counterfeit to begin with.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Wessler credit from his record books, per Robin Snyder's the Comics, Vol 25, No. 6, June 2014.
Volcano!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- J-812
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man introduces technology to a primitive people living at the base of a volcano and the volcano becomes angry at their new competitive and mistrustful nature so wipes out their society.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #151 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #232 ([circa 1985 - 1986])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit per M. Vassalo.
Inside the Whirlpool
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- J-813
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This story's plot is similar to Star Trek's "Mirror, Mirror" but the depicted events are used to make a thief feel shameful of his behavior.
Artist credits from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 Series) #4.
The Voice in the Night
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck (sourced)
- Pencils
- Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)
- Inks
- Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-827
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- When a man slugs an elderly man collecting donations for the poor and steals the poor box, his conscience bothers him so much that he hears a clock accuse him of being a thief.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #18 ([undated]), #69 ([undated])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
-
The Old Shop
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- J-984
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mrs. Gerrity; Tom Gerrity; Officer O'Malley; Logarithm
- Synopsis
- An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.
- Reprints
- in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #54 (April 1957) [retitled] which is reprinted
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #50 (January 1959) which is reprinted
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #68
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #11 (1963 ?), #25 (1965 ?)
- in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #14 (December 1960) which is reprinted
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([March] 2008)
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #74 (November 1961) which is reprinted
- in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (April 1962) which is reprinted
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
- in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 (January 1963)
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #92 (May 1963)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #20 (1963 ?)
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #109 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #174 ([circa 1984 - 1985])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
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The Sea Serpent!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Forte (signed as John Forte)
- Inks
- John Forte (signed as John Forte)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-788
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A sailor sees a sea serpent arise when there is a disaster to be averted.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #18 ([undated])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
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The First Man
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- J-800
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- The author of this story postulates that a series of satellites will be required to use as refueling stations on the way to the moon. Once they are built, and rockets make it to the moon, men find that the moon itself is an inhabited satellite built by alien beings.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #18 ([undated])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #4 ([May] 2012)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Volcano
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1.
The Deep Freeze
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2.
Volcano!
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3.
Inside the Whirlpool
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4.
The Voice in the Night
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5.
The Old Shop
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6.
The Sea Serpent!
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7.
The First Man
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