Issue | #70 |
Published | August 1959 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in April 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers ? |
Characters | Wilbur Fiske |
Synopsis | A short lab assistant works on a growth serum to gain a normal man's height. The serum works too well, and he continues to grow so tall his life is endangered when the air becomes too thin to breathe. Just as he is about to black out, the serum wears off, and he is restored to his original height having learned to be satisfied with the way he is. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Christopher Rule |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #7 (December 1974) |
Characters | Stan Wepp |
Synopsis | A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves. |
Genre | occult |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #45 (May 1956) |
Characters | Xmmp; Knnj; Gyyypo |
Synopsis | Aliens from the planet Regulus colonize Earth, treating humans as little more than animals. They must withdraw only because of their vulnerability to Earth's germs. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Paul Reinman |
Inks | Paul Reinman |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Characters | Dan; Ralph |
Synopsis | The US Coast Guard finds an abandoned Soviet submarine. The log book shows that they mistook an alien craft for an experimental American ship and tried to ram it. The aliens boarded the submarine, and the fate of the crew is unknown. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Carl Burgos |
Inks | Carl Burgos |
Notes | Pencil/Ink credits of "Bob Forgione ?" changed based on information from Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. |
Characters | Joe Palmer; Prof. Alvin Whitehead |
Synopsis | A criminal hears of the invention of a time machine. He robs a bank and then escapes 50 years into the future. Once there, he discovers that under the new world government, US money is useless. The technology of the police makes crime impossible, so he is forced into hard labour to survive. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Paul Reinman |
Inks | Paul Reinman |
Notes | Narrated in the second person. Set in 1960. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Characters | Ahmend; Okzik; Zokae |
Synopsis | An Egyptian and a tourist see the Sphinx come to life and chase off Alien invaders. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #14 (December 1974) |