(January 1961)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US
- Paper Stock:
- newsprint
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in September 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.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
I Dared to Battle...Rorgg, King of the Spider-Men!!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- T-992
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Rorgg; Tim Johnson; Ann; Frank Johnson; Fred
- Synopsis:
- A spider-like alien invades a small New Mexico town. No one can stop him except for a boy who reads science-fiction comics, who shows the value of imagination by killing him with a spray can of DDT.
- Reprints:
-
in Zombie (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #7 ([circa 1961]) - in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #25 (1962)
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #57 (1965)
-
in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (March 1971) - in Monster Menace (Marvel, 1993 series) #4 (March 1994)
- in Monsters (Marvel, 2017 series) #1
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- Keywords:
- monsters
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. Rorrg next appears in Fantastic Four Unlimited (Marvel, 1993 series) #7 (September 1994). The Frank Johnson in this story is not the same character as the creator of Zzutak from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #88 (September 1961).
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).
The Weatherman
text story / 2 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- K-71
- 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)
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Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
I Found the Lair of...the Lizard Men
comic story / 6 pages
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number:
- T-1000
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Eric Kane
- Synopsis:
- A convict escapes and hides in a cavern, where he finds a society of lizard men unable to breathe on the surface. When he tries to steal the diamond that provides their light he is transformed into a lizard man and forced to live among them as an outcast.
- Reprints:
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #26 (1962), #58 (1965 ?), #58 (1965 ?)
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #6 (December 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. For some reason, a "Dread African prison camp" contains only white convicts and guards. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Story is pages 12-14, 16-18 of comic (page 1 not numbered then pages numbered 2 to 6).
I Must Find Korumbu!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script:
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number:
- V-10
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Hugo Barge; Korumbu
- Synopsis:
- A fat man who wishes to lose weight without giving up overeating goes to Korumbu for a magic potion. Korumbu tells him it is too dangerous at first, but when the fat man threatens to sic the authorities on the gypsy camp, Korumbu gives him the potion. He drinks, and passes out. When he comes to, the gypsy camp is gone, and he finds the potion has worked too well. He is constantly losing weight and if he stops stuffing his face even for a moment, he is in danger of wasting away to nothing. He spends the rest of his days searching for Korumbu.
- Reprints:
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #12 (1963 ?)
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (March 1971)
-
in Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #26 (Februar 1976)
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Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Possible Lee script per Nick Caputo's examination at his blog:
http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html
Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Who Is the Ape Man?
comic story / 5 pages
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number:
- T-999
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Bruno Storme; Pierre Duval; Kazar
- Synopsis:
- A bullying strong-man torments the animals in the circus where he works. He is humiliated and beaten by a mysterious strong-man, who turns out to be a gorilla disguised by its trainer, who is a chimpanzee in disguise.
- Reprints:
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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0.
I Battled Rorgg, King of the Spider Monsters!
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1.
I Dared to Battle...Rorgg, King of the Spider-Men!!
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2.
The Weatherman
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3.
I Found the Lair of...the Lizard Men
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4.
I Must Find Korumbu!
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5.
Who Is the Ape Man?
- Jim Van Dore
- Tony R. Rose
- Ethan Hoddes
- Nick Caputo
- machinal jocelyn
- Tom Vincent
- Bill Borre
- Matthew Head
- Bob Heer
- Bob Klein
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Darrel McCann
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