(May 1959)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-01-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Zenith Publishing Corp.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements (pages 2, 9, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33-36 of comic including inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover); pages of comic not numbered. All new stories are narrated in the first person. On-sale date from 1959 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 ([September] 2013)
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in 
I Journeyed Back to the 20th Century!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-199
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the year 2469, after spending my inherited fortune and...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Arro Goron
- Synopsis
- A man from 2459 spends all his money building a time machine and so he travels to Fort Knox in 1959 to steal all the gold. His time machine disappears, and when his personal force field runs out, he is imprisoned by the locals.
- Reprints
-
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #82, #27 (1964 ?) - in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #116 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #221 ([circa 1984 - 1985])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
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Indexer Notes
Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
The Weatherman
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely
- Inks
- Joe Maneely
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- K-71
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Don't know what the world is coming to," said Willie Wimms as he put down the morning newspaper.
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Willie Wimms; Hugh Wimms
- Synopsis
- In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #49 (August 1956)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #32 (1964 ?)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
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Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
I Discovered the Men from Mars!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed as Sinnott)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed as Sinnott)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- [T-205]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's ironic, how things work out!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Hadley; Igor; Ivan
- Synopsis
- An American spy spots a Martian ship off the coast, but it turns out to be a Soviet trick. He is lauded as a hero for stopping the Russians, but the next time a spaceship appears the Americans immediately fire, only to find that it was a real alien ship that now flees, never to make contact.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #82, #27 (1964 ?)
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in Spindelmannen (Red Clown, 1974 series) #5/1974 (1974) - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #221 ([circa 1984 - 1985])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
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Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 10-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1, 2 and 4, others pages not numbered).
I Found the Perfect Hiding Place in Space!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- T-212
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, if only I hadn't done it!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Zacariah Stubbs
- Synopsis
- A miser in the future hides his money on a remote asteroid. He carefully maps the location of the money on the asteroid, but realizes once he returns to Earth that he cannot find the asteroid that he landed on.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #17 (1964 ?), #142 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #175 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
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Indexer Notes
Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
I Am the Giant from Outer Space!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-213
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your whole world has been terrified since I arrived!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- X
- Synopsis
- A space traveller many times larger than everyone else lands and carefully explores the area, accidentally causing some damage and fear. He leaves because of this, and goes home to Earth, thinking that they will need to be careful to deal with these tiny people.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
I Escaped to the Stars
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Forgione (signed as Bob Forgione)
- Inks
- Bob Forgione (signed as Bob Forgione)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- T-211
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My name is Harry Wolf and right now, back on Earth, everybody's talking about me!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Harry Wolf
- Synopsis
- A burglar in the 31st century is sentenced to lifetime solitary confinement. He is taken to a spaceport, where he escapes in an automated rocket that will never return to Earth, thinking that he has evaded the sentence and might one day land on another planet. This was the plan all along, since this enlightened society leaves even the worst criminals hope.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #17 (1964 ?), #142 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
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Indexer Notes
Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Giant from Outer Space!
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1.
I Journeyed Back to the 20th Century!
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2.
The Weatherman
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3.
I Discovered the Men from Mars!
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4.
I Found the Perfect Hiding Place in Space!
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5.
I Am the Giant from Outer Space!
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6.
I Escaped to the Stars
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Del Gruber
- Matthew Head
- Ethan Hoddes
- machinal jocelyn
- Tony R. Rose
- Mark Sangster
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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