Menace #1
(March 1953)

Marvel, 1953 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Hercules Publishing Corporation
Brand
Atlas [black & white]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Detailed content information from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo [as Doc. V] (June 8, 2005).

One Head Too Many! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks
Bill Everett (signed)
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.

One Head Too Many! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Bill Everett
Inks
Bill Everett
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Everett

Job Number
C-169
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letterer identification by Hayden.

Quest (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
C-281
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Man Who Couldn't Move (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
George Tuska (signed as G. T.)
Inks
George Tuska (signed as G. T.)
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto ? (sourced)

Job Number
C-189
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A woman hires a man to kill her paralyzed husband making it look like a car accident, but he gets his sleeve caught in the door and goes over the cliff with the car. He survives, but winds up in the same situation as the woman's former husband.
Reprints

Poor Mr. Watkins (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
Werner Roth
Inks
Werner Roth
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
C-188
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A practical joker torments a timid librarian until he transforms into a monster.
Reprints

They Wait in Their... Dungeon! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
Russ Heath (signed)
Inks
Russ Heath (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
C-190
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
After an execution in the gas chamber, a sadistic warden faces a revolt by the inmates and attempts to flee downstairs. The inmates pursue him and, as the story ends, the warden realizes he has a choice between two dooms; the poisonous fumes still lingering in the execution chamber or being torn to shreds by the maddened inmates.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. One Head Too Many!
  2. 1. One Head Too Many!
  3. 2. Quest
  4. 3. The Man Who Couldn't Move
  5. 4. Poor Mr. Watkins
  6. 5. They Wait in Their... Dungeon!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Dwayne Best
  • Josh Blair
  • Bill Borre
  • Mark Bowen
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Steve Jenner
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Terry Vraspir