(November 1958)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1958-07-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in the U. S. A.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Journey Into Mystery had been on hiatus since the "Atlas Implosion". On-sale date from 1958 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
City of Giants!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #102, #25 (1964 ?)
-
City of Giants
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- John Forte (signed as John Forte)
- Inks
- John Forte (signed as John Forte)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-371
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Eric Wolton; Josef Fuhmar; Otto Grotz
- Synopsis
- A man invents a gas that makes people 30 feet tall. While everyone is giant-sized, he goes around looting the town. He forgets to store enough oxygen bottles, so he removes his mask and has to breathe in his own gas. He gets stuck in the subway until the gas wears off.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Wessler script per Biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 31, No. 2, February 2020.
The Doctor Wears a Mask
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-405
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- "Edward Wallace"; Dr. Masters; Dr. Sanford; Mr. Lemaire; Mr. Turner; Tommy; Chief Brennan
- Synopsis
- Sociologists investigate a totally harmonious town, and find that the people were shamed into better behavior by their persecution of a stranger who turned out to be an alien with a mirror face.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art credits and job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Original art credit: Bernard Baily.
The World-Destroyers!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- M-376
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Agent X
- Synopsis
- Aliens make the mistake of stealing an Egyptian solar ship from the museum when they need a boat to make last minute adjustments to a bomb set to detonate in the ocean. The solar ship flies them to the sun.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Little Green Man
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sol Brodsky (signed as Solly)
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky (signed as Solly)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-399
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Marcus Gabel; Martha Gabel; Richard Redding
- Synopsis
- A jade Buddha begins to possess its owner until the man even begins to resemble the fat statue. His wife frees the man by smashing the statue.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Morgan's Mad Machine!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski (signed as Win)
- Inks
- Ed Winiarski ? (signed as Win)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- L-259
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Cal Donner; George Cobern; Dr. Harley Morgan
- Synopsis
- Two swindlers get taken by a conman who tries to sell them a gold-making machine. The machine accidentally transports them into their own past, back to the beginning of their prison sentence.
- Reprints
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #5 (1959 ?)
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #5 ([1962])
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #21 (1963 ?), #153 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #187 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
-
Indexer Notes
Wessler script per Biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 31, No. 2, February 2020.
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Sdrawkcab
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Tartaglione (illustration)
- Inks
- John Tartaglione (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- K-18
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. & Mrs. Oston Trams; Laer Trams; Mike Ross
- Synopsis
- An extraordiinary child excels at sports and school, but does it all backwards.
- Reprints
-
from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #58 (May 1957) which is reprinted - from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #50 (August 1956) [as "Sdrawkcab"]
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #5 (1959 ?)
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #5 ([1962])
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Room with Two Billion Cards!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sid Check (signed as Sidney Check)
- Inks
- Sid Check (signed as Sidney Check)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-461
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Paul Afton
- Synopsis
- An unemployed actor comes across a room with two billion cards in it, which assigns all human beings their role in life. A loudspeaker takes requests from people who wish to change their roles. When the actor is refused his request for a new role, he threatens to expose the setup, and the loudspeaker voice reassigns the man's role from actor to mental patient.
- Reprints
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #5 (1959 ?)
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #5 ([1962])
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #21 (1963 ?), #153 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #187 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
City of Giants!
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1.
City of Giants
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2.
The Doctor Wears a Mask
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3.
The World-Destroyers!
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4.
The Little Green Man
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5.
Morgan's Mad Machine!
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6.
Sdrawkcab
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7.
The Room with Two Billion Cards!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Matthew Head
- Ethan Hoddes
- Hunter Johnson
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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