(May 1959)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-02-03
- 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
Invasion from Outer Space!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lynn Hamilton
- Reprints
-
in Cuentos de Brujas (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1951 series) #108 (Junio 15 de 1959) -
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #23 (1963 ?), #172 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #209 ([circa 1982 - 1983]) -
in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (2017)
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Indexer Notes
The scene and characters depicted on this cover are from "Menace from Mars!" not "Invasion from Outer Space!". Cover inks ID from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008.
Menace from Mars!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- T-217
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lynn Hamilton
- Synopsis
- Martians threaten to invade Earth, but an intelligent human intimidates them by demonstrating his mastery of the strongest animals on Earth.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Possible Kirby script per Nick Caputo, October 2014. Narrated in the first person. This story is set in 2306. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
The Utopia
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed as M.)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed as M.)
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #53 (September 1956)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #93
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Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
The Man with the Atomic Brain!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- T-217
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ted Lestron; Karl Lestron
- Synopsis
- A man gains powerful psychic abilities from his parents’ exposure to radiation, and he is hunted by the government until a hidden group of like-powered people contact him and bring him to their community.
- Reprints
- in Adventures into the Unknown (Arnold Book Company, 1950 ? series) #14
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #93, #23 (1963 ?), #172 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #209 ([circa 1982 - 1983]), #237 ([circa 1986 - 1987])
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #24 (2015)
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
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Indexer Notes
Narrated in the second person. This story is retold in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #14 (July 1962) as "The Man in the Sky!" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Stan Lee is tentatively credited as writer on the basis of his authorship of the retelling. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. (It shares the job number with "Menace from Mars!"). The story is pages 10-14 of the comic (the pages of the story numbered 1 to 5).
Trapped on Earth
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- [T-221/4 ?]
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Alien conquerors create a sentient gas and send it to Earth to mentally enslave a human in order to test their readiness for conquest. The gas accidentally possesses a ventriloquist's puppet, and is trapped, unable to control the mindless vessel.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Possible Burgos inks per Nick Caputo. Narrated in the second person.
This story is retold in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #65 (February 1961) as "Kragoo!" drawn by Don Heck. Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
Travelers in Time!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- T-223
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Norman Crane (Hollywood writer); Griffith Cartwright (movie producer)
- Synopsis
- A screenwriter pitchs a director a movie theorizing that haunted houses are the arrival points for time travelers from the future, but he thinks the story is too far-fetched. The writer is relieved, since he is such a traveler and his secret is therefore safe.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Miracle Productions
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the second person.
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
Invasion from Outer Space!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-218
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Adams; John Hughes; X233; X791
- Synopsis
- A robot army invades Earth, but they are forced to retreat by rusting the first time it rains.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #23 (1963 ?), #172 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #209 ([circa 1982 - 1983])
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Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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Invasion from Outer Space!
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1.
Menace from Mars!
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2.
The Utopia
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3.
The Man with the Atomic Brain!
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4.
Trapped on Earth
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5.
Travelers in Time!
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Invasion from Outer Space!
- Bill Borre
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Craig Delich
- Matthew Head
- Ethan Hoddes
- machinal jocelyn
- Hunter Johnson
- Banks S. Robinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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