(May 1962)
Marvel,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-02-01
- 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 (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
The Mummy's Secret!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #41 (1963), #41 (1963) -
in Misterios del Gato Negro (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1953 series) #159 (31 de mayo de 1963) -
in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #8 (September 1971) [relettered and with slight alterations] - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
-
![Cover Thumbnail for Tales to Astonish (1959 series) #31 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/967/w100/967107.jpg?-2955637602431649521)
When the Mummy Walks
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Behold the great Egyptian desert, for it is here that I dwell!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Paul Kentworth; Gloria Carstairs; Jason Wilkes; Mr. Carstairs; Lord Randolph; Giant Mummy
- Synopsis
- An archaeologist uncovers an ancient mummy, which is actually an alien invader that locked itself in the pyramid. It bursts out, but it turns out that the mummy forgot that it sealed itself in to protect himself from Earth's atmosphere, which kills it.
- Reprints
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #41 (1963)
-
in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #27 (1969) -
in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #92 -
in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #15 (août 1971) [N&B [B&W]] - in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #8 (September 1971) which is reprinted
- in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #19 (October 1975)
- in Dracula le Vampire (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) #5 (deuxième trimestre 1981)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
-
- Keywords
- Egypt; pyramid
in Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person.
The Strange Stone
text story / 1.75 pages
- Job Number
- H-401
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Johnny came to the open field, he couldn't resist the...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Johnny
- Synopsis
- Johnny finds a magic wishing stone, but wishes it away because magic would make life no fun.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #41 (January 1956)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
The first page of this story is printed between the pages of "When the Mummy Walks", while the second page is printed between "The Man of Iron!" and "The Pretender!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.
It Fell from the Flying Saucer!
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-609
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It all begins as just an ordinary day in the park!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- An artist finds an alien pencil that will make whatever he draws real, but his selfish use of it makes the aliens take it back.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #36
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #54
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #5 (October 1966)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #79
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #13 (October 1971)
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #155 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
- in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #16 (June 1976)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also drawn by Jack Kirby.
Man of Iron!
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
- Job Number
- V-611
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You've heard about rich, spoiled brats!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Nastiwell Snide; Bela
- Synopsis
- A rich weakling pays a witch to give him muscles of iron, but her spell makes him sink right through the Earth's surface.
- Reprints
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #38 (1963)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #87
- in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (October 1974)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208)
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Average circulation per issue October 1960–September 1961 (issues #17–27, despite monthly cover dates): 184,895. This shares the last page of "The Strange Stone".
The Pretender!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed as
Paul Reinman) - Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We don't claim that it is, but this story could be true!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stephen Dwane; Kusoom
- Synopsis
- A man looking through an abandoned house find notes in an alien language. They tell of an alien shapeshifter disguised as a human to undermine Earth before an invasion, and are accompanied by a photograph of the alien's human form, Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #38 (1963)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #86
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971)
-
in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #9 (Junio 1975) - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #4 ([January] 2012)
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Indexer Notes
Sinnott ghost penciled this story for Reinman. Info per Nick Caputo, September 2014.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Mummy's Secret!
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1.
When the Mummy Walks
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2.
The Strange Stone
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3.
It Fell from the Flying Saucer!
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4.
Man of Iron!
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5.
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208)
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6.
The Pretender!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Bill Borre
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- John Brichetto
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Del Gruber
- Ethan Hoddes
- Mike Nielsen
- Fawzy Partridge
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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