(February 1962)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-11-09
- 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 the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 15, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1961. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B934595. Distribution ranges from November 9, stamped on a copy and November 14, according to
Bob Bailey.
This issue has variants:
Bob Bailey.
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #191 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
-
I Am the Gorilla-Man!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzik]
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #29 (1964 ?)
-
in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (November 1971) which is reprinted - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #157 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
- in Gorilla Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #2 (October 2010)
- in Gorilla Man (Marvel, 2010 series) ([December] 2010)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
- in Adventure into Fear Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
-
![Cover Thumbnail for Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #28 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1437/w100/1437220.jpg?-6346663175923070176)
I Am the... Gorilla-Man
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- John Duffy
- Job Number
- V-488
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You... come closer...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Gorilla-Man [Franz Radzik]
- Synopsis
- An inventor transfers his mind into a gorilla to commit crimes, but the gorilla controlling his body turns against him.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #55
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #29 (1964 ?)
-
in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #26 (1969) - in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #5 (November 1971) which is reprinted
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #157 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
-
in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #22 ([Oktober 1975]) - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #191 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
- in Gorilla Man (Marvel, 2010 series) #2 (October 2010)
- in Gorilla Man (Marvel, 2010 series) ([December] 2010)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell edited).
Narrated in the first person. Gorilla-Man next appears in issue #30 (April 1962). This story is retold in issue #48 (October 1963) as "Grayson's Gorilla!" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber.
The Green Hat
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- G-537
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- George is a guy who knows more about flying saucers and Mars men than all...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Axtel; George; Chuck
- Synopsis
- A recent graduate meets a strange man and finds that they share a gift to commune with the Green Goddess.
- Reprints
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (August 1955)
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #49
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
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Indexer Notes
Text story with an illustration.
Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell edited).
Midnight on Haunted Hill
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky (see notes); Dick Ayers ? (see notes)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- John Duffy
- Job Number
- V-489
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All boys like to read astonishing fiction!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Billy Jones/Brown (last name inconsistent)
- Synopsis
- A boy sees an alien landing, but no one believes him until the spaceship comes back. They didn't realize that a tree on a hill was really an alien being.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #65
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #19 (1964 ?)
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #13 (September 1971) which is reprinted
-
in Hævnerne (Williams, 1973 series) #1/1974 (1974) -
in Le Tombeau de Dracula (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #15 -
in Creatures on the Loose (Yaffa / Page, 1975 ? series) #2 (1978) - in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #183 ([circa 1980 - 1981]), #239 ([circa 1988 - 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)
-
Indexer Notes
Per Nick Caputo, Sol Brodsky inked the majority of the story. Dick Ayers appears to have a hand in the first three pages, in particular page three. The previous indexer credited Ayers with sole inks.
Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell edited).
The last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Kirby.
The Scheme!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot ?); Larry Lieber ? (script ?)
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Gene Colan ? (see notes); Dick Ayers ? (see notes)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- John Duffy
- Job Number
- V-480
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This may look like a love story!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Bentley; Anne Wentworth
- Synopsis
- An insolvent cad marries a rich widow dying of a terminal sickness for her money, but finds when she dies that the disease is contagious and he has only months to live.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #28, #65, #133 ([circa 1972 - 1973])
-
in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #7 (Abril 1975) - in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #216 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell edited). Possible Ayers inks per Nick Caputo.
In order for this story to make any sense, the disease would have to be sexually transmitted.
The Frightening Fog
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed as
Stan Lee [early- to mid-career]) - Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- John Duffy
- Job Number
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It is morning!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A mysterious fog envelops the entire world for days, terrifying everyone. It was actually created by benevolent alien peacekeepers to hide Earth from an invasion.
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #50
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #29 (1964 ?)
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #13 (January 1972)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #157 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #122 ([circa 1976 - 1977])
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #191 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #150 ([circa 1981 - 1982])
- 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) #2 (2019)
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Indexer Notes
Script added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005 (Per Sandell edited).
This plot is similar to a plan used by the Watcher in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #48 (March 1966), also written by Stan Lee.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
I Am the Gorilla-Man!
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1.
I Am the... Gorilla-Man
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2.
The Green Hat
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3.
Midnight on Haunted Hill
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4.
The Scheme!
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5.
The Frightening Fog
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
- Björn Eklöf
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Ethan Hoddes
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- John Wells
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