(August 1952)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-04-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1952 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Don't Look!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
The Scarecrow
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-500
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I’m Tim Blake... You don’t know me, but you know my type...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Scrawny Tim Blake buys a magic potion to build up his muscles, which is very successful at first, until it sends his body out of control.
- Reprints
-
in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #8 - in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (January 1973) which is reprinted
-
in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #39 ([Novembre 1974]) -
in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #125 (20 Gennaio 1976) - in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
-
The Pact
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- [9734]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The tall, young man sat at his desk and stared steadily at the sheet of paper in his type-writer.
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Henry Conrad; Frances Conrad; the Devil
- Synopsis
- A historian, writing about the trial and execution of his ancestor for witchcraft, interviews the only remaining party concerned in the case: the Devil.
- Reprints
-
in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #61 - in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #20 (May 1954) [as "The Uninvited Guest"]
- in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #76 (August 1960)
- in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1961 series) #4 (September 1961) which is reprinted
- in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) ([August] 2007)
- in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #48 (December 1963)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
-
Don't Look!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jay Scott Pike (signed as Jay Scott Pike)
- Inks
- Jay Scott Pike (signed as Jay Scott Pike)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-537
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No! No! Get away from me!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A madman offers to give an attorney a magic mirror that reveals how people will look in the future but there is a secret terrible cost.
- Reprints
- in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #8
- in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (January 1973) which is reprinted
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #39 ([Novembre 1974])
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #124 (6 Gennaio 1976)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
-
How Mini-Gym Turns Plant Drip into Success Dynamo
advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- C. C. Beck (signed)
- Inks
- C. C. Beck (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Joe Bonomo advertisement includes a half page of sequential panel art.
How Clumsy Can Ya Be?
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- A-478
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our story begins deep in the heart of mysterious India, where an American is learning the secrets of magic from a yogi fakir...
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A would-be magician bungles his training in India, and when he returns to the States to begin his career, he bungles his first performance, too.
- Reprints
- in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (April 1973)
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
-
Thru the Door
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- A-444
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- C’mon, honey!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A boxer's manager tries to persuade the boxer's wife to run away with him, but the boxer overhears and chases after them. They barricade themselves in a room, but the manager then learns that the woman is really a hungry vampire.
- Reprints
The Hiding Place
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Gene Colan (signed as G Colan)
- Inks
- Gene Colan (signed as G. Colan)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-477
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wait a minute! Don’t... No! No!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- When Ann and her lover Paul are confronted by Ann's husband, she panics and kills him. Paul tells her he will get rid of the body but as time passes she fears that he will decide to turn her in.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Don't Look!
-
1.
The Scarecrow
-
2.
The Pact
-
3.
Don't Look!
-
4.
How Mini-Gym Turns Plant Drip into Success Dynamo
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5.
How Clumsy Can Ya Be?
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6.
Thru the Door
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7.
The Hiding Place
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Dwayne Best
- Bill Borre
- David Bruce
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
- Gregory Fischer
- Ethan Hoddes
- Steve Jenner
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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