(January 1954)
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)
The Mad Mamba!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Information supplied by www.atlastales.com.
Colors: Stan Goldberg states himself.
The Men from Mars
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- D-35
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Characters
- Henry; Mary; Charlie; Dr. Dave Page
- Synopsis
- Henry sees people around him as Martians. Visiting Dr. Page, he learns Martians invaded Earth by assuming human forms and slowly drove humans to extinction. Page has a mirror which shows his true form. Henry fears he's the only real human left, but when he sees himself in the mirror he realizes he's a Martian. Henry shoots himself in the head.
- Reprints
-
in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #13 (1961) -
in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #11 (2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Information supplied by www.atlastales.com.
Nightmare
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- D-128
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Synopsis
- A man dreams of creatures holding him prisoner and threatening his life. He awakens in a hospital only to find the same aliens standing over him.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #13 (1961)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #16 (2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Information supplied by www.atlastales.com.
A Million Light-Years Away
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- D-21
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ben Jarvis; Helen Jarvis; Tim Jarvis
- Synopsis
- Ben prepares ships to journey into outer space and it makes him resentful of his life on Earth, imagining the challenges of space. He finally gets to accompany a flight to Uranus, but finds the Uranians have allowed machines to take over their jobs, leaving the species slothful. Ben returns to Earth with newfound love for his life.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Uranus
Indexer Notes
Information supplied by www.atlastales.com.
A Man's Past
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- 9937
- Reprints
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #2 (May 1952) [as "A Man's Past"]
-
Indexer Notes
Information supplied by www.atlastales.com.
Two Times Two
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- D-14
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rroosskkaans
- Synopsis
- The Rroosskkaans refuse to disarm for the United Planets and instead plot to invade their rivals' worlds. Needing more soldiers in order to occupy they invent a duplicator ray which can fashion a double of anyone. Unfortunately they create so many people so quickly the planet falls out of orbit and its inhabitants are flung into space.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- United Planets Organization
Indexer Notes
Information supplied by www.atlastales.com.
The Mad Mamba
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- D-610
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Lola Britton; Jolie Martin; Senor Garcia; zombies
- Synopsis
- Lola schemes to win Jolie's fame. On a trip to Haiti, Lola meets an old woman who offers to show her the voodoo dance. Thinking it's the edge she needs against Jolie, Lola agrees. The woman summons forth zombies who force Lola to dance with them until she dies... then keep dancing.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #13 (1961)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #11 (2011)
-
- Keywords
- Haiti; voodoo
Indexer Notes
Information supplied by www.atlastales.com.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Mad Mamba!
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1.
The Men from Mars
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2.
Nightmare
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3.
A Million Light-Years Away
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4.
A Man's Past
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5.
Two Times Two
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6.
The Mad Mamba
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Peter Croome
- Ethan Hoddes
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Banks S. Robinson
- Per Sandell
- Daniel Thingvold
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