(March 1953)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- 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
- Animirth Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Kiss of Death
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony DiPreta (signed) ([as T. DiPreta])
- Inks
- Tony DiPreta (signed) ([as T. DiPreta])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-810
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Ashby; Lillian Ashby
- Synopsis
- A woman plans to get rid of her writer husband by taking him to a house supposedly haunted by vampires and shocking his bad heart. She dresses as a vampire, but he recognizes her and thinks it is part of her attempt to add atmosphere for his horror writing, and he isn't scared. A real vampire bites him later in the evening, and when his wife tries again the following night, the man, now a vampire, bites her.
- Reprints
-
in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #14 (1961) -
in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #12 (August 1974)
-
Mind over Matter
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- B870
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man receives Yogi training to make objects disappear, and when his friend introduces him to Cartesian skeptical doubt, they both disappear.
- Reprints
- in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #45
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #10 (1962)
- in Giant-Size Werewolf (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (October 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Credit information from www.atlastales.com.
Daughter of Death
text story / 1.67 pages
- Job Number
- B-670
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #132 (March 1955) [as "The Visitor!"]
-
Indexer Notes
The Second page has a statement of ownership and management, which lists Stan Lee as the editor.
[Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
For 1 Oct 1952. Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Monroe Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager.
Flying Saucer
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- B-714
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #19
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #10 (1962), #145 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
- in Supernatural Thrillers (Marvel, 1972 series) #10 (December 1974)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #177 ([circa 1978 - 1979])
-
in Frankenstein (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #10 (2ème trimestre 1978) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #214 ([circa 1983 - 1984])
-
Indexer Notes
Credit information from www.atlastales.com. Joe Orlando per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr
Surprise!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Keller (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Keller (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-830
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- An old man in love with a Gypsy girl murders his rival. The girl continues to moon over the dead man so a Gypsy woman offers to make the old man resemble the man he killed. He goes to the gravesite at night with a picture and the sorceress summons the ghost and commands it to exchange faces with the old man. He rushes off to see the girl, but she screams at his approach, as he now has the face of a corpse several months dead.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #14 (1961)
- in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (October 1974)
-
The Old Man's Secret!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jay Scott Pike (signed)
- Inks
- Jay Scott Pike (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-931
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
in Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Kiss of Death!
-
1.
Kiss of Death
-
2.
Mind over Matter
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3.
Daughter of Death
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4.
[Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912]
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5.
How "Mini-Gym" Turns Plant "Drip" Into Success Dynamo
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6.
Flying Saucer
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7.
Surprise!
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8.
The Old Man's Secret!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Bill Borre
- Peter Croome
- Ethan Hoddes
- Steve Jenner
- Glenn MacKay
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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