(May 1962)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-03-01
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Brand
-
MC
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Won't You Step into My Parlor?
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers ?; George Klein ? (see notes)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #36, #155 ([circa 1975 - 1976]) -
in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
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Indexer Notes
Ayers inks per Jim Vadeboncoeur. Nick Caputo suspects Klein is the inker.
The cover art does not really depict any part of the story; there is no point when one of the two men is tiny and the other normal-sized; neither of the characters on the cover resemble those in the story.
Lee and Ditko are mentioned by name in the cover caption.
Won't You Step into My Parlor...???
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Luther Krumhausen; Kunhn; Gruber; Darius Zamora
- Synopsis
- Herr Krumhausen prepares a giant room to deceive a business competitor only to really shrink himself.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #36
-
in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #99 (1969) - in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #7 (October 1973)
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #155 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
-
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #99 (21 Gennaio 1975) [as "Non vuoi camminare nel mio salotto...???", Italian translation] - in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
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Indexer Notes
Title, script and synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.).
The third, fourth and sixth pages include copy promoting the then-upcoming Hulk comic.
Strange Mission
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- K-440
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith
- Synopsis
- A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.
- Reprints
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #45 (September 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.).
Propaganda
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
- [None]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Boris Grozny; Ivan Grozny
- Synopsis
- Low-level communist worker Boris Grozny is given a chance to avoid Siberia if he can stir up turmoil in an African nation. All he stirs up is trouble for himself with the native gods.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #24 (1964 ?), #145 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Script, inks, characters, synopsis added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.).
The second page includes copy at the bottom of the page promoting the new Hulk comic. The last page includes copy at the bottom of the page promoting the new Fantastic Four title.
I Spent a Night in a Haunted House!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)
- Inks
- Don Heck (signed as Don Heck)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They called the house haunted!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Tom
- Synopsis
- A young boy who has just moved to town is convinced to spend the night in a haunted house. He doesn't find any ghosts, but the next day he realizes the house itself was the ghost.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #88
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #24 (1964 ?)
-
in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #20 (1968) - in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #64
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #26 (October 1973)
-
in Frankenstein (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #12 (2ème trimestre 1979) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] -
in La Mujer Araña (Novedades, 1982 series) #7 (Mayo 6 de 1982) - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #226 ([circa 1985 - 1986])
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Indexer Notes
Script, synopsis added by Bob Bailey. This story is retold as "I Speak of the Haunted House!" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #42 (June 1963). (Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.))
The kids are shown reading comic books: Journey into Mystery, Strange Tales, Tales to Astonish and Tales of Suspense, which are mentioned by name.
The top of page four includes copy promoting the upcoming Hulk comic.
For the Birds!
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
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Borgon
- Synopsis
- Mr. Borgon is an unscrupulous hunter of rare animals in the future who finds himself trapped by his own deceit.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #36
-
in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1963 (1968) - in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #63
- in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #20 (mai 1971) [N&B et recadré/B&W and reframed]
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #155 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
- in Miss Marvel (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #5 - Le règne de la terreur (2ème trimestre 1981)
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)
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Indexer Notes
Script, synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.). The third page includes an advertisement for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
Copy at the end of story reads: "Like this type of story? Then Don't miss "AMAZING ADULT FANTASY" comics -- On Sale Now!"
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Won't You Step into My Parlor?
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1.
Won't You Step into My Parlor...???
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2.
Strange Mission
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3.
Propaganda
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4.
I Spent a Night in a Haunted House!
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5.
For the Birds!
- Ethan Hoddes
- Hunter Johnson
- Bob Bailey
- Steve Jenner
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- John Brichetto
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr
- Per Sandell
- Steve Coates
- Ramon Schenk
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