(September 1948)

Marvel, 1948 Series
Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1948-06-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Cornell Publishing Corp.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Some information on this issue supplied by the Atlas/Timely discussion list.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1948, 3rd Series, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 158.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Blackstone the Magician / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Blackstone

Indexer Notes

Unknown art per atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores.

No story in the book matches the cover image.

The Border Smugglers! (Table of Contents: 1)

Blackstone / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Gibson
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
2825
Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Unknown art per Timely/Atlas discussion list and atlastales.com.

Gibson credit from Michael Vassallo http://timely-atlas-comics.blogspot.ca/

The Spook Fakers! (Table of Contents: 2)

Blackstone / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Gibson
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
2749
Genre
adventure
Characters
Pamela Dobson; Blackstone; Rhoda Brent; Aunt Dobson; Madame Zelka (villain); Largo (villain)
Synopsis
Pamela asks Blackstone to prevent a medium from swindling her aunt. He exposes the fake medium's tricks.

Indexer Notes

Unknown art per Timely/Atlas discussion list, Tony Isabella and atlastales.com.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Stamp News / text article / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
Kent B. Stiles
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Identity: Known! (Table of Contents: 4)

Blonde Phantom / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lin Streeter
Inks
Lin Streeter ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
3268
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Streeter art per atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Ken Bald.

Time on His Hands (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
SL-2907

The Corpses of Dr. Sacotti (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Case of the Shadow of Mystery! (Table of Contents: 7)

Blackstone / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Gibson
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
SL-2777
Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Unknown art per Timely/Atlas discussion group, Tony Isabella and atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Mike Sekowsky.

Gibson credit from Michael Vassalo at http://timely-atlas-comics.blogspot.ca/ Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Blackstone the Magician
  2. 1. The Border Smugglers!
    Blackstone
  3. 2. The Spook Fakers!
    Blackstone
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Stamp News
  5. 4. Identity: Known!
    Blonde Phantom
  6. 5. Time on His Hands
  7. 6. The Corpses of Dr. Sacotti
  8. 7. The Case of the Shadow of Mystery!
    Blackstone
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Darci
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Rob Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matt Onan
  • Banks S. Robinson