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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published October 1956
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "When the Vault Opens!"

Genre horror

4 page story "The Professor's Prisoner"

Synopsis A scientist holds a microscopic man prisoner.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Herb Familton (signed)
Inks Herb Familton (signed)

1 page advertisement "100 Airplanes $1.25"

Synopsis Ad for Josely Company's toy airplanes.

4 page story "The Decoy"

Synopsis A PT boat lands on an Pacific island inhabited by aliens.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Notes Art credits from www.atlastales.com.

1 page advertisement "Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!"

Synopsis Comic strip ad for Wilson Chemical Company novelties

4 page story "The Vault Opens"

Synopsis Spacefarers from three Earth nations learn brotherhood on Mars.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Pete Morisi
Inks Pete Morisi

1 page advertisement "Get Rid of Ugly Pimples"

Synopsis Ad for Underwood Laboratories' Kerplax acne remedy.

3 page story "He Can't Stop Looking"

Synopsis A man searches for Aladdin's Lamp
Genre Fantasy
Pencils Robert Sale
Inks Robert Sale

Half page story "631 Movie & TV Star Pictures"

Synopsis ad for Deluxe Photo Service

Half page advertisement "Reversible Auto Seat Covers"

Synopsis An ad for Mardo Sales Corporation's seat covers

2 page text story "The Tree"

Characters Wally Hadley
Synopsis When a family moves to a house in the country their son finds a gnarled little tree on their land that grants wishes.
Genre occult
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #73 (February 1960); in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #19 (May 1961); in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #44 (August 1963); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

4 page story "The Mouse That Saved the World!"

Synopsis A scientist develops a device to the stop the earth's rotation.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Hy Fleishman
Inks Hy Fleishman
Notes Art credits from www.atlastales.com.

1 page advertisement

Synopsis a page of classified ads

4 page story "Someone is Listening!"

Synopsis An electrician invents a telepathy radio
Genre science fiction
Inks Bill Draut
Colors Bill Draut
Notes Art credits from www.atlastales.com.

1 page advertisement "Take 'Em Free!"

Synopsis an ad for Littleton Stamp Company

1 page advertisement "Do You Need Extra Money?"

Synopsis an ad for Colonial Studio's greeting card sales

1 page advertisement "Mystery! Magic! Science! Fun!"

Synopsis an ad for Honor House Products novelties
Notes Inside back cover

1 page advertisement "Boys! Girls! Men! Women!"

Synopsis an ad for Wallace Brown, Inc greeting card sales
Notes back cover