Issue | #13 |
Published | August 1958 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in April 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Mary Kurth; Rocco Goore |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Bill Everett [signed] |
Inks | Bill Everett [signed] |
Characters | Arnold Benson; Roy Carnell; Martha Corbett |
Synopsis | A commie agitator flees the authorities on a rocket sled that is so fast it outdistances time and briefly allows him to him to walk through walls until time catches up with him. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Carl Wessler |
Pencils | Joe Orlando |
Inks | Joe Orlando |
Notes | Writer credit from the Timely/Atlas list. |
Reprinted | in Giant-Size Werewolf (Marvel, 1974 series) #5 (July 1975); in Curse of the Weird (Marvel, 1993 series) #2 (January 1994) |
Characters | George Randolph; Ed Harway; Ti-Beru |
Synopsis | A monk sells a mountain rich in uranium to two prospectors, but when one ignores his warning and tries to kill his partner, he is stranded on the peak when the bottom of the mountain vanishes. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Richard Bassford |
Inks | Richard Bassford |
Characters | Joe Ryzik; Rena Ryzik; Peter Ryzik; Luke Ryzik; Mr. Clauss; Dr. Kohazi |
Synopsis | An accident in a cyclotron gives a man knowledge of future weaponry. When he shares this knowledge with political authorities the country is put on a war footing and his sons are drafted, causing him to have misgivings. He reverses the accident which gave him his abilities and destroys the weapon plans. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Carl Wessler |
Notes | Writer credit from the Atlas/Timely list. |
Characters | Mr. Fleming |
Synopsis | Aliens convince a cereal manufacturer to dope his product with a chemical that will make humans unaggressive and then tell him they will return in one year with a fleet to welcome them into the galactic federation. The man doesn't eat any of his own cereal, so when the fleet shows up, he wonders if the aliens haven't tricked him in order to allow an Earth conquest of docile humans? |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Harry Lazarus |
Inks | Harry Lazarus |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. |
Characters | Jack Holten |
Synopsis | A man finds that instead of inheriting money from his rich uncle, he has inherited his ancestor's supernatural powers. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Ed Winiarski |
Inks | Ed Winiarski |
Characters | Tom Norton; Mr. Mason; Mr. Frank; Bobby Norton |
Synopsis | A real estate agent gains telepathy from a magic paper weight. |
Genre | occult |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #24 (October 1955 |
Characters | Mary Kurth; Marty; Rocco Goore |
Synopsis | An old woman adopts a doll brought to life by an accident. Her neighbor tries to take advantage of the doll, and tries to kill the woman when his plan fails. The doll sacrifices itself to save her. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Richard Doxsee |
Inks | Richard Doxsee |
Reprinted | in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #7 (December 1974) |