(November 1961)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-08-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Vista Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
MC
- Printer
- The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Creature from Krogarr!
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I-have-come-to-take-you-to-Krogarr!!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Joe Hanson; Creature from Krogarr
- Reprints
-
in Misterios del Gato Negro (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1953 series) #155 -
in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #13 (September 1971) [relettered and with alterations] which is reprinted - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
- in Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
![Cover Thumbnail for Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #25 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1437/w100/1437218.jpg?-640157675559603440)
I Was Captured by the Creature from Krogarr!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- V-351
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've always been a happy-go-lucky guy!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Joe Hanson; Clara Hanson; Creature from Krogarr
- Synopsis
- A dissolute human is targeted by an alien that can transport items through television sets, but he is saved by his failure to pay the electric bill.
- Reprints
-
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #86 - in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #31
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #13 (September 1971)
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #17 (August 1976)
-
in Creatures on the Loose (Yaffa / Page, 1975 ? series) #2 (1978) - in La Mujer Araña (Novedades, 1982 series) #5 (Abril 22 de 1982)
- in Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) (1989)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
- in Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
The Party
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- J-959
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With a flower in his button-hole, a broad smile on his face, and a...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Braggle
- Synopsis
- A salesman trying to unload some oil stocks thinks that he’s found a rich mark, but instead walks into a party of talking dogs.
- Reprints
- from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #2 (August 1956)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
- in Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Behold Him! He Is the Martian!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-352
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wanna see how it feels to be the first man to Mars?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- "Danny Blake"; Agent X
- Synopsis
- A spy from Jupiter disguised as a human stows away on the first rocket from Earth to Mars. The pilot is a Martian spy disguised as Earthman Dan Blake whose mission is to radio back to Earth that a radiation belt with fatal effects makes attempting to reach Mars too dangerous so Earthmen will give up their attempts to reach Mars. The spy from Jupiter overcomes the Martian and radios Jupiter that travel to Mars is safe, and then radios the Martian's story back to Earth so as to discourage Earthlings from space flight.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #31
- in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #8 (September 1971) which is reprinted
-
in Dæmonen (Williams, 1973 series) #1/1974 (1974) - in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #15 (April 1976)
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #124 ([circa 1977 - 1978])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
- in Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
Dick Ayers Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 Series) #3.
The Gypsy's Revenge!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-353
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some there are, who are the victims of criminals...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Monk Morgan
- Synopsis
- An American criminal robs an old gypsy man, ignoring his pleas and curses. When he returns to the United States he sees a fortune teller at a circus, and finds the tent suspended in the void, with the fortune teller revealed as the old man.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #65
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #31
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #14 (December 1971)
-
in Seriespesial (Semic, 1979 series) #5/1985 (uke 23 1985) - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
- in Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
Where Lurks the Ghost!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed as
Stan Lee [early- to mid-career]) - Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as Ditko)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-354
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Joe, are you still saving these whacky clippings about haunted houses?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Joe; Mike
- Synopsis
- A man spends the night in a haunted house with the house’s caretaker. He thinks that he didn’t see a ghost, but the caretaker was killed years ago.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #86
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #31
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #49
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #15 (January 1972)
-
in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #17 ([Janvier 1973]) -
in El Hombre de Bronce (Ediciones Vértice, 1976 series) #3 (Julio 1975) [as "El Fantasma esta al Acecho", Spanish translation] - in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #23 (July 1976)
- in Creatures on the Loose (Yaffa / Page, 1975 ? series) #2 (1978)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)
- in Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
-
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Table of Contents
-
0.
The Creature from Krogarr!
-
1.
I Was Captured by the Creature from Krogarr!
-
2.
The Party
-
3.
Behold Him! He Is the Martian!
-
4.
The Gypsy's Revenge!
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5.
Where Lurks the Ghost!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Bill Borre
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Del Gruber
- Ethan Hoddes
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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