(December 1961)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Brand:
- MC
- 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 1961 (September 19 according to Bob Bailey, September 26 according to Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website). 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.
Lo-Karr Bringer of Doom!; Mr. Gregory and the Ghost!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Genre:
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Characters:
- Lo-Karr; Lucius P. Gregory
- Reprints:
-
in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (July 1971) [top part of cover] -
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #33 ([no date])
-
Indexer Notes
Cover inker credit from Bob Bailey (2 September 2005). Confirmed by Nick Caputo (June 30, 2006).
Lo-Karr, Bringer of Doom!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number:
- V-415
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Lo-Karr
- Synopsis:
- As international tensions mount, an alien lands and demonstrates its power before leaving, promising to return with an army. The world powers set aside their differences to prepare to defend themselves, but the alien was a robot created by a scientist hoping to inspire this reaction.
- Reprints:
-
in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #6 ([Avril 1971]) - in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (July 1971)
-
in Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #24 (Dezember 1975) - in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #33 ([no date])
-
- Keywords:
- monsters
Indexer Notes
The last page includes a promo tag "You've never read a comic like "THE FANTASTIC FOUR"! Get your spine-tingling copy today!" for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) by Lee and Kirby. The same promo tag appears in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #9, Gunsmoke Western (Marvel, 1955 series) #68-70, Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75-80, 82, Kid Colt Outlaw (Marvel, 1949 series) #102-104, Rawhide Kid (Marvel, 1960 series) #26-28, Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #92-99, Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24-29, 31-32 and Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #26-33.
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.).
Story is pages 3-8 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).
Mr. Gregory and the Ghost!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number:
- [V-414 ?]
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Lucius P. Gregory
- Synopsis:
- A homebuilder who uses shoddy materials and unskilled labor gets his comeuppance when he builds a home for himself out of the wood from haunted trees. He tries and fails several times to drive the ghost out of the house, but stubbornly refuses to admit failure. He bankrupts himself when he tries to move the entire house away from the ghost not realizing that the house itself is the ghost.
- Reprints:
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #5 (October 1966)
- in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (July 1971)
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #8 ([Août 1971])
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #33 ([no date])
-
Indexer Notes
Klein inks per Nick Caputo, March 2013. Previous indexer credited Dick Ayers. Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.).
Story is pages 10-14, 16-17 of comic (pages numbered 1 to 7).
Venus!
text story / 2 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- 8745
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Monangahela Munroe
- Synopsis:
- The first explorer on Venus is caught in an old bear trap, but he is able to use the wildlife to call for help.
- Reprints:
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #6 (October 1951) [retitled]
- in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #32 (June 1962) which is reprinted
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
- in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #104 (January 1963)
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #245 ([circa 1988 - 1989]), #32 ([no date])
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. All future reprints of "The Hills of Venus" used this title. Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.).
Text story is pages 18, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
The Magic of Mordoo!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
- Pencils:
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-416
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Franz Kopnik; Katrina Steuben; Mordoo
- Synopsis:
- A man falls in love with a middle-aged woman on vacation, but wants a younger wife. He convinces her to let a gypsy magician make her young again, but once she's young and pretty she leaves him for the young attractive gypsy.
- Reprints:
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #4 ([Décembre 1970])
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #9 (May 1971)
-
in Seriespesial (Semic, 1979 series) #8/1985 (uke 38 1985) - in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #32 ([no date])
-
Indexer Notes
Script added by Bob Bailey, 2 September 2005 (Per Sandell ed.)
The last four panels on page 5 appear to be drawn by another artist.
Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
The Man Who Lost the World!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script:
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- V-417
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Bruno
- Synopsis:
- A scientist's assistant is determined to find if his time machine that sends objects into the past or future. He steals some gold ingots from the office and steps into the ray, knowing that he can never return to the present. When his journey ends, Earth is so primitive that he is cut off from all humanity, and he realizes that he still doesn't know whether the machine sends things into the past or future since it could be either the dawn or the end of time.
- Reprints:
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #21 (1964 ?)
- in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #6 (Janvier 1971)
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #9 (May 1971)
- in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #15/1985 (uke 29 1985)
-
Indexer Notes
The last page includes a promo tag "Like this type of story? Then don't miss "AMAZING ADULT FANTASY" comics -- On sale NOW!" for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. The same promo tag appears in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #75-82, Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #92-99, Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #24-32 and Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #26-33.
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
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Lo-Karr Bringer of Doom!; Mr. Gregory and the Ghost!
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Lo-Karr, Bringer of Doom!
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Mr. Gregory and the Ghost!
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3.
Venus!
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4.
The Magic of Mordoo!
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5.
The Man Who Lost the World!
- Ethan Hoddes
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Bob Bailey
- Nick Caputo
- machinal jocelyn
- Jim Van Dore
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Bill Borre
- Matthew Head
- Roger Brochu
- Bob Heer
- Bob Klein
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Darrel McCann
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