(July 1962)

Marvel, 1961 Series
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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

Distributed to newsstands in April 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Beware the Giants! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

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
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Amazing Adult Fantasy Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

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

Reprints

Beware of the Giants! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Mr. Jann
Synopsis
An old man tells children stories of giants whom he insists actually exist. The adults of village think him mad, but the last panel reveals that old man is a resident of a Leprechaun village.
Reprints

The Man in the Sky! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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-719
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Tad Carter (introduction, origin); Brad Carter; Mr. Filbert; Tobias Messenger (identified in X-Men: the Hidden Years (Marvel, 1999 series) #18)
Synopsis
A boy's early exposure to radiation causes him to develop powers. He is attacked when others learn of his powers, and suddenly is lifted into the sky by another far-off mutant, who contacts his mind and explains that he must live in hiding with other mutants until the world is ready.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

This story is a retelling of "The Man With the Atomic Brain" drawn by Steve Ditko, from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #52 (May 1959).

This story is often erroneously referred to as the first Marvel mutant story, the idea is used in earlier stories from their SF anthologies, for example "The Mutants and Me!" in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #6 (November 1959) but also "Concentrate in Chaos" in Yellow Claw (Marvel, 1956 series) #2.

Tad Carter next appears in X-Men: the Hidden Years (Marvel, 1999 series) #15 (January 2001).

What Happened in the Wax Museum? (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herr Wagner's statue
Synopsis
A thief attempts to rob a wax museum and is prevented from doing so by the wax figure of the museum's founder.
Reprints

Footsteps at Midnight! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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
Officer Jones; Molly
Synopsis
Conquering aliens who detest violence use fear as a weapon instead. They observe a policeman complaining about his lot in life and figure that he will aid them as he says he hates his job. When they approach him and attempt to intimidate him, the officer responds violently. The aliens flee the planet, not realizing that many humans grouse about their lot in life without being serious about what they say.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko ? (illustration)
Inks
Steve Ditko ? (illustration)
Colors
Stan Goldberg ?
Letters
Artie Simek; typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes a letter from "Carl the Cat" in Greenwich Village. Stan Lee responds to a question about who edits the stories that Lee and Ditko do their own editing.

Ozarr, the Mighty! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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
Ray Holloway ?; Artie Simek (splash)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bertha; Homer; Ozarr
Synopsis
A genie grants the wish of a nagging wife for genuine diamonds but she becomes paranoid about their theft, and so stays locked in her room all day guarding them, while her husband enjoys the peace and quiet.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Beware the Giants!
  2. 1. Amazing Adult Fantasy Contents
  3. 2. Beware of the Giants!
  4. 3. The Man in the Sky!
  5. 4. What Happened in the Wax Museum?
  6. 5. Footsteps at Midnight!
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page
  8. 7. Ozarr, the Mighty!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Bill Borre
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Hunter Johnson
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Jonathan Sari
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore