(February 1957)
Marvel,
1956 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Atlas News Company Inc.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (credited)
Issue Notes
Information on this issue supplied by the Timely/Atlas discussion group.
The Old Man Of The Mountain!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Forte (signed)
- Inks
- John Forte (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Job Number
- L-154
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There was the Mountain...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Hans Knorst; Florio
Come Into My Parlor
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- L-234
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The old woman seemed to be harmless...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Paulson; Cass; Mrs. Butler; Alfred Stamm
Indexer Notes
Oleck script per Martin O'Hearn: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2019/08/jack-oleck-stories-in-three-atlas…
Six Strange Words
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- L-268
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You will be looking on!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A thug threatens a sorcerer to tell him six words which allow him to send a man into limbo. After he uses them on the sorcerer he breaks the fourth wall and addresses the reader directly telling them they "know too much". He speaks the incantation once again, but this time he is the one to disappear into limbo where he finds the sorcerer laughing at him.
- Reprints
-
in Le Monstre de Frankenstein (Editions Héritage, 1973 series) #13 -
in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #59 (30 March 1974) -
in Frankenstein (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (November 1974)
-
Run, Coward, Run!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- L-191
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is a tale of family pride...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Jean Mornet; Louis; Pierre
The Wishing Machine
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Hy Fleishman ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- Hy Fleishman ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- G-301
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ir was Gerald Harper's intention...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Gerald Harper; Jimmy Gordon; Mrs. Gordon; Mr. Gordon
- Synopsis
- A man invents a wishing machine but loses the prototype on the way to the patent office.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #25 (July 1955) [as "The Wishing Machine"]
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
A Scream For Help
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- L-178
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's stop, Carl!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Carl Masson; Tom; Sam
Foster's Fear
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- L-150
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The old miser and his dog...
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Foster; Anderson; Mrs. Davis;
Indexer Notes
Oleck script per Martin O'Hearn: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2019/08/jack-oleck-stories-in-three-atlas…
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Old Man Of The Mountain!
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1.
The Old Man Of The Mountain!
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2.
Come Into My Parlor
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3.
Six Strange Words
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4.
Run, Coward, Run!
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5.
The Wishing Machine
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6.
A Scream For Help
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7.
Foster's Fear
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Ethan Hoddes
- Steve Jenner
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Roe
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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