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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published August 1961
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in May 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Joseph William Marek provided corrections and updates (May 23, 2003). Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "We Were Trapped in the Twilight World!"

Characters Paul Harper; Cathy
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers

13 page story "We Were Trapped in the Twilight World!"

Characters Paul Harper; Cathy; Cro
Synopsis A college student and his girlfriend are transported into prehistoric times, where they discover that legends like the abominable snowman and flying saucers are the result of time anomalies.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Trapped in the Twilight World!" (7 pp). Writer credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.

2 page text story "The Masterpiece"

Characters Claude Duval; M. Finnault; Mme. Fleury
Synopsis Claude Duval is a portrait painter of high renown. Nobility is always asking for commissions from him. He now turns them all down, saying he wants to paint a landscape that shall be a symbol of man’'s peace and contentment. He has the landlady lock him in. She is only allowed to open the door to bring him food. At the order of the queen, she is forced to unlock the door one day. The painter is gone, the portrait is finished – and a small figure reclining by a lake (in the painting) looks exactly like Claude Duval.
Genre occult
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #28 (November 1955)

5 page story "The Teddy Bear"

Characters Jim; Carol; Teddy
Synopsis As a young girl, Carol had received a teddy bear that she kept by her side always. Her husband, Jim, is a surveyor, and is assigned to a rough rocky region for a short period. Jim spots some mountain lions tracks, and, gun in hand, goes off after the beast; however, the mountain lion knocks Jim aside, damaging his gun, and heads for the tent where Carol is asleep. When Jim reaches the tent the mountain lion is dead and the teddy bear has some inexplicable scratches on it. Jim no longer criticizes Carol for wanting to take the bear everywhere.
Genre occult
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes Writer credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.

5 page Doctor Droom story "Doctor Droom Meets Zemu!"

Characters Dr. Anthony Droom [later retroactively renamed Doctor Druid]; Zemu
Synopsis Zemu appears to be a stage magician of incredible prowess. His name is on everyone's lips. Zemu announces he is running for governor. Dr. Droom not only discovers that Zemo is a fraud, but also is an alien from Saturn, bent on paving the way for an alien invasion. Dr. Droom overpowers him, hypnotizes him so that he'll reveal the truth, and turns him over to the authorities.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Writer credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
Reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #20 (January 1977) [as a Doctor Druid story]