(March 1953)

Marvel, 1952 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
Animirth Comics Inc.
Brand
Atlas [black & white]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Index revised with information from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker and atlastales.com.

The Dead Men! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carl Burgos
Inks
Carl Burgos
Colors
Stan Goldberg

Indexer Notes

Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.

The Dead Men (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
Fred Kida ? (sourced)
Inks
Fred Kida ? (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-789
First Line of Dialogue or Text
J-O-E D-U-G-A-N... that's an easy name to copy down!
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kida credit from Saltarella and atlastales.com; AtlasTales previously credited John Romita.

The Death of a Puppet! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Mooney (signed as Jim Mooney)
Inks
Jim Mooney (signed as Jim Mooney)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-583
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A puppet master is apprehensive when his performances of a puppet murder mystery seem to coincide with real killings.
Reprints

Let's Face It! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Orlando ?
Inks
Jack Abel ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-788
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
When a man develops pills that can take twenty years off one's age, an older actor threatens him with violence unless he hands them over. The man tells the actor not to take any of the pills because he is only "half finished," but the actor doesn't listen, and winds up with a face that is half aged and half young.
Reprints

The Devil Dog (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-878
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mrs. Martha Dayton was determined to tell Mr. Victor Babcock that he would have to leave.
Genre
crime; fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
An American man returns to his hometown to settle old scores, accompanied by his pet dog, whose body is host to the spirit of a Ugandan witchdoctor.

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee listed as editor; Martin Goodman as managing editor; Monroe Froehlich, Jr. as business manager. Abraham Goodman, David Goodman, Jerome A. Perles, and Morris Siegel listed as owners/stockholders of Animirth Comics, Inc.

Appears on second page of text story.

Research Is Winning! (Table of Contents: 6)

March of Dimes / public service announcement / 0.08 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

A PSA for January's March of Dimes charity event. Includes illustration of a scientist in a lab coat working with beakers.

Appears on second page of text story.

The Pitchman! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
Bob Brown (signed as W. R. Brown) (name inscribed on plaque of office building)
Inks
Bob Brown (signed as W. R. Brown) (name inscribed on plaque of office building)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-887
Genre
humor
Synopsis
A gag story about a conman who actually does sell the Brooklyn bridge.
Reprints

A Sight for Sore Eyes (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pete Tumlinson (sourced)
Inks
Pete Tumlinson (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-904
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man is taken to an unorthodox surgeon who transplants a second pair of eyes into his forehead in order to correct his vision.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from atlastales.com.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Dead Men!
  2. 1. The Dead Men
  3. 2. The Death of a Puppet!
  4. 3. Let's Face It!
  5. 4. The Devil Dog
  6. 5. [Statement of Ownership]
  7. 6. Research Is Winning!
    March of Dimes
  8. 7. The Pitchman!
  9. 8. A Sight for Sore Eyes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Bill Borre
  • Mark Bowen
  • Peter Croome
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Darrel McCann
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mark Q
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Jim Van Dore