(June 1962)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-04-03
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Atlas Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
MC
- Editing
- Stan Lee (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 Ruler of Earth!
cover / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Jack Kirby ?; George Roussos ?
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Possible Kirby inks per Nick Caputo, Sept 2011 based on research which can be seen on his blog:
http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/09/kirby-inking-kirby.html
The Ruler of Earth!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?; Artie Simek (splash)
- Job Number
- V-695
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth)
- Synopsis
- In the near future of 1990, humanity has created a computer, named R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth), to settle disputes for it. A handful of communists attempt to re-program the computer to serve their aims, but the computer is incapable of any wrongdoing. Only man, the computer says, has the capacity to be evil.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The second, fourth and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
The Treasure
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- G-980
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish
- Synopsis
- A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.
- Reprints
-
from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #36 (October 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. On the 6th and 24th interior pages.
There Dwells a Dragon
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed as
KIRBY) - Inks
- Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?; Artie Simek (splash)
- Job Number
- V-696
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Tommy; Tommy's dad
- Synopsis
- Tommy's father takes him to the zoo, but Tommy is only interested in the knights and dragons in his book. Tommy's father passes through a mist at the zoo and emerges in Camelot, where he slays a dragon. When he returns to the present, he recognizes his own face in Tommy's book.
- Reprints
-
in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #24 (1964 ?) -
in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1985 (1969) -
in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #85 - in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #145 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
- in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
Kunga
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Gene Colan
- Inks
- Gene Colan
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-697
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Kunga
- Synopsis
- Two hunters investigate reports of a gigantic gorilla, but when they confront it, they discover that the gorilla isn't from Earth at all, and that some times force is not the solution to every problem.
- Reprints
- 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 Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #1 (1er trimestre 1972) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #145 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
-
Indexer Notes
The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
The Comic Strip!
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
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- [None]
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Nick Nash; "Tightwad" Ted; Tina Torrid
- Synopsis
- Cartoonist Nick Nash uses his comic strip to take his revenge on people, but in the end gets an ironic and surreal comeuppance.
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #88
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #24 (1964 ?)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #86
- in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #1 (1er trimestre 1972) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #145 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
- in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)
-
Indexer Notes
The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series); the last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Ruler of Earth!
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1.
The Ruler of Earth!
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2.
The Treasure
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3.
There Dwells a Dragon
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4.
Kunga
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5.
The Comic Strip!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Weldon Adams
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Matthew Head
- Ethan Hoddes
- Pat Lang
- Darrel McCann
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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