(July 1960)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines:
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- Zenith Publishing Corp.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Silver Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in February 1960. This issue 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 in this issue are narrated in the first person.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
I Was Trapped by...Titano! The Monster That Time Forgot!!
cover / 1 page
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Titano
- Reprints:
-
in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #1 (1964) -
in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #7 (September 1970) - in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #128 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #161 ([circa 1978 - 1979]), #196 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([January] 2006) [cover], #1 ([January] 2006)
- in Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2006 series) #[nn] (2006)
- in Monsters (Marvel, 2017 series) #1
-
Indexer Notes
Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, February 2009. Original indexer had not credited an inker.
I Was Trapped By Titano the Monster That Time Forgot!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- T-686
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Titano; Makau; Cdr. Hartnell; Johnson
- Synopsis:
- A gigantic, mutant crab is sighted terrorizing various islands in the South Pacific. When the American military learn of this, they assign Commander Hartnell to put a stop to the crustacean threat that has become known as Titano. Hartnell's crew has several encounters with Titano and they eventually lure him to the Arctic. Hartnell maneuvers his ship so deftly that he manages to trap Titano between two giant glaciers.
- Reprints:
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #1 (1964)
- in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #7 (September 1970)
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #128 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #196 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
- in Marvel Monsters (Marvel, 2006 series) #[nn] (2006)
- in Monsters (Marvel, 2017 series) #1
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Sinnott inks per Nick Caputo as confirmed by Joe Sinnott's record books. Christopher Rule is erroneously credited in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 Series ) #1. Story pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).
The Flying Saucer That Was
text story / 2 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- C-486
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- George Ridley; Monroe Marks; Dr. Willard Seldin; Harry Landau
- Synopsis:
- A teacher frantically tries to convince people that he saw aliens, but it turns out that they are friendly and make him their ambassador.
- Reprints:
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #12 (June 1953)
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #1 (1964)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
Only I Know When the World Will End!!!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- T-685
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Kartu
- Synopsis:
- A derelict claims to be from another world and says that another planet will collide with Earth within days, but he is believed mad. He escapes and decides that he really is insane, hiding in a cave while, unknown to him, astronomers observe a nearby planetary collision and realise that he really was an alien.
- Reprints:
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #1 (1964)
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #29 (1968 ?)
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970) which is reprinted
-
in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #21 ([Avril 1973]), #27 ([Octobre 1973]) -
in Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 ? series) #12 ([1973]) - in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #128 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #196 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 12-14, 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5, last page of story not numbered).
Something Lurks Inside!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- T-696
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Ted Karson
- Synopsis:
- A space explorer cannot rid his ship of vicious alien spiders, and is forced to sacrifice himself to save Earth.
- Reprints:
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #1 (1964), #55 (1968 ?)
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970)
- in Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 ? series) #12 ([1973])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
- in Le Tombeau de Dracula (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #10
-
Indexer Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
What Was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd!!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Christopher Rule
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- T-684
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Simon Drudd; Bentley
- Synopsis:
- A scientist selfishly uses a youth serum to gain an advantage over other people, but the serum ages him backwards into non-existance.
- Reprints:
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #1 (1964), #55 (1968 ?)
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970)
- in Super Giant (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #[nn] ([1973] ?)
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #128 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
- in Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #76 (July 1981) [same art but new dialogue and lettering]
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #196 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([January] 2006)
- in Monsters (Marvel, 2017 series) #1
-
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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Table of Contents
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0.
I Was Trapped by...Titano! The Monster That Time Forgot!!
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1.
I Was Trapped By Titano the Monster That Time Forgot!
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2.
The Flying Saucer That Was
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3.
Only I Know When the World Will End!!!
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4.
Something Lurks Inside!
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5.
What Was the Strange Power of Simon Drudd!!
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- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
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- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Bill Borre
- Steve Dasinger
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- Martin O'Hearn
- Tony R. Rose
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