(September 1956)

Marvel, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
20th Century Comic Corp.
Brand
Atlas [black & white]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Down in the Cellar! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

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

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Indexer Notes

Color credit per Stan Goldberg.

The Hidden Valley! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Morales (signed)
Inks
Lou Morales (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-957
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A thousand-year old tribe builds a 'thoughtscope' in order to contact Mars, but the Martians use the device to place them into suspended animation. An explorer breaks the device, freeing them.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

There Were 3 Victims! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Sid Greene
Inks
Sid Greene
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-994
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Three men survive being tossed out into the airless vacuum of space and reverse the direction of the rocketship so that it does not convey criminals to Mars.
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Indexer Notes

Wessler credit from his record books, per Robin Snyder's the Comics, Vol 25, No. 6, June 2014.

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Trapped in the Tunnel! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Forte (signed)
Inks
John Forte (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
J-945
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
A romantic ghost story about a dead woman who returns a compliment by saving the lives of some trapped tunnel workers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Hunter's Prey (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dave Berg (signed)
Inks
Dave Berg (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
K-4
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Some hunters encounter a mammoth that turns out to be a circus animal from outer space.
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Indexer Notes

Job Number information from www.atlastales.com.

The Utopia (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
K-188
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bob Winkle; Fred Dunn
Synopsis
Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty.
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Down in the Cellar! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ted Galindo (signed)
Inks
Ted Galindo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
J-938
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
Mermaids buy a leaky house.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Build Me a Machine! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler ?
Pencils
Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks
Steve Ditko (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
J-911
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A scientist builds a time machine for a dictator who wishes to travel 50 years into the past with gold and plans for the H-Bomb in order to escape a losing war. Unfortunately for him, the device drops him into the past as he was 50 years ago, an infant.
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Keywords
time travel

Indexer Notes

Wessler has a four page story titled "He Came from the Future" in his work records, listed as published in Astonishing; this may be the story with a new title. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Down in the Cellar!
  2. 1. The Hidden Valley!
  3. 2. There Were 3 Victims!
  4. 3. Trapped in the Tunnel!
  5. 4. The Hunter's Prey
  6. 5. The Utopia
  7. 6. Down in the Cellar!
  8. 7. Build Me a Machine!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Bill Borre
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore