(August 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)

Among the Missing! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Everett (signed) (sourced)
Inks
Bill Everett (signed) (sourced)
Colors
Stan Goldberg (sourced)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Keywords
monsters

Among the Missing! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hy Fleishman (sourced)
Inks
Hy Fleishman (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-942
Synopsis
A prospector returns for the man who staked his expedition when he finds a city of marble and gold, but the man thinks his tales are the result of sunstroke and doesn't believe him, until he sees photographic proof, and then he spends years in the wild attempting to find the prospector and the golden city.
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The Last Warning! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler (sourced)
Pencils
Vic Carrabotta (signed)
Inks
Vic Carrabotta (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
K-34
Synopsis
A woman has a premonition that her pilot husband is going to crash, but despite several of her dream details matching reality, he lands safely.
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Charlie's Choice! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler (sourced)
Pencils
Frank Bolle (signed as F W B)
Inks
Frank Bolle (signed as F W B)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-921
Synopsis
An employee finds that by turning the hands of his factory's time clock he can enter the time dimension where no one is aware of his presence.
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The Broken Man! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Mortellaro (signed as Mortellaro)
Inks
Tony Mortellaro (signed as Mortellaro)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-982
Synopsis
Castaways attempt to subdue one of their number whom they feel has cracked from the strain of island living.
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Palace of Truth (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
K-174
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; romance
Characters
Franz; Mr. Joseff; Marianne Le Brun
Synopsis
A shy and artistic tour guide wins the love of a wealthy girl when an unknown force alters his painting to make it a proposal.
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Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Stop Us If You've Read This Before (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
J-863
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The same story as "Not Wanted" from Marvel Tales #116 with the addition that the story takes place on a planet populated by anthropomorphic dogs.

The Thief! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Oleck (sourced)
Pencils
Joe Orlando (signed)
Inks
Joe Orlando (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
K-11
Synopsis
In the year 2095 an immortality serum is developed and stolen by a ruthless man. He is pursued off planet by the authorities but then his rocket runs out of fuel on a lifeless asteroid. He decides that eternal life would be a curse on this barren asteroid so he swallows fluid from a bottle marked poison in order to end it all, but when he reads through the theft victim's notes, he's shocked to learn that the serum developer hid the serum inside the poison bottle.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Among the Missing!
  2. 1. Among the Missing!
  3. 2. The Last Warning!
  4. 3. Charlie's Choice!
  5. 4. The Broken Man!
  6. 5. Palace of Truth
  7. 6. Stop Us If You've Read This Before
  8. 7. The Thief!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Bill Borre
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore