Issue | #54 |
Published | September 1959 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in June 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. From this issue to issue #63 (December 1960), virtually all new stories in this series are narrated in the first person. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Monstro; Spellbinder [Sam Binder] |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Christopher Rule |
Notes | Cover inks credit added by Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008. |
Characters | Spellbinder [Sam Binder]; Moko; Monstro |
Synopsis | A hypnotist brings a giant albino gorilla to America, but causes a near calamity when he finds that the beast is blind, and so immune to hypnosis. |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Characters | Joe; Gus; Angelo |
Synopsis | A struggling band takes on a poor but talented young harp player who turns out to be a young angel studying on Earth. |
Genre | occult |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #39 (October 1955) |
Characters | Dunstan Blake |
Synopsis | A mercenary tries to steal a sacred diamond from a mysterious idol, only to find that the idol is actually a trap set by aliens to collect a human sample for study. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Joe Sinnott |
Inks | Joe Sinnott |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Characters | Jason Gibbs; Professor Rectorus |
Synopsis | A space pilot in the year 2010 is convinced that his appearance is holding him back, and seeks out a new Martian beauty serum, which he is horrified to find turns him into a handsome Martian. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Al Williamson |
Inks | Al Williamson |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Characters | Jacques-Pierre Duval |
Synopsis | A Frenchman fascinated with gargoyles joins the resistance in WWII. When he is captured a strange beast saves him, and after the war he sees tell-tale bullet holes on the gargoyles he loves. |
Genre | occult |
Script | Carl Wessler? |
Pencils | John Severin |
Inks | John Severin |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script attribution by Dr. Michael Vassallo on www.atlastales.com. |
Characters | Gxenu; Mark VIII |
Synopsis | An alien arrives on Earth on a mission of peace. The humans are suspicious of him and try to hold him hostage, but they find they have only captured a robot, while the disappointed alien returns home. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Christopher Rule |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |