(March 1957)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1956-11-23
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
Some information for from Gary Watson, September 2009. On-sale date from 1956 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The Haunted Halls!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Everett (signed as B. E.)
- Inks
- Bill Everett (signed as B. E.)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Everett's initials can be found on the woman's lapels. This information from Gary Watson, September 2009.
Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
The Menace of the Green Men
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Al Williamson (signed as
AL WILLIAMSON) - Inks
- Ralph Mayo
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- L159
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Light images of aliens from space become the fall guy of a crook in a series of planned robberies.
- Reprints
-
in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #23 - in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #6 (1960)
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #86 ([circa 1972 - 1973]), #150 ([circa 1980 - 1981]), #193 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
-
Indexer Notes
Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015. Mayo inks per Atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Al Williamson.
While the City Sleeps!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- L209
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- A midget who poses as a ventriloquist's doll in order to pull off heists has a chemist friend who works on suspended animation pills as a hobby. He takes one that is supposed to last for twenty-four hours to throw the police off his trail, but the panicked chemist shows up at his apartment claiming he accidentally gave him a pill that lasts twenty years.
- Reprints
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #6 (1960)
-
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #119 (28 Ottobre 1975)
-
The Strange Power of Henry Grey
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- L-265
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A man finds he has the power to project his spirit across distance. He uses this ability to do evil to people as he is a hateful person. When he tries to force his business partner out by dive bombing him at the controls of a model airplane, the wing breaks off and the resulting crash breaks the bones of his real body.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #65
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #6 (1960)
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #133 ([circa 1972 - 1973]), #216 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification from atlastales.com.
The Taboo
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Tony DiPreta (signed as T. D. Pretz)
- Inks
- Tony DiPreta (signed as T. D. Pretz)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- L-204
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- When a sailor upstages a native witch doctor, the witch doctor maroons the sailor on a small island surrounded by sharks.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
The Heat's On
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gene Colan; Don Heck
- Inks
- Gene Colan; Don Heck
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- H-366
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- John Tyler; Mary Tyler; Bobby Tyler
- Synopsis
- When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat.
- Reprints
-
from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (November 1955) [as "The Heat's On"] - in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #55
- in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #1 (January 1959) which is reprinted
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #4 ([1959?])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #6 (1960)
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #63 (December 1960)
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #4 ([1962])
- in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (January 1962) which is reprinted
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #82 (July 1962)
- in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #108 (May 1963)
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #53 (1965)
-
Indexer Notes
The story has two illustrations; at least one is by Heck. All future reprints of "The Fan" are titled "The Heat's On"
The Outcast
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A telepath who works for the police department is shunned by others because of his ability until he saves a trapped boy.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Haunted Halls!
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1.
The Menace of the Green Men
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2.
While the City Sleeps!
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3.
The Strange Power of Henry Grey
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4.
The Taboo
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5.
The Heat's On
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6.
The Outcast
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7.
The Haunted Halls
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Ethan Hoddes
- Mike Nielsen
- Banks S. Robinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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