Issue | #15 |
Published | December 1958 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in September 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Chris Rule |
Notes | All information for this issue supplied by the Atlas/Timely list. |
Characters | Clark Wendall; Steven Durham [Carl Durham]; Prof. Crane |
Synopsis | A man's friend realizes that he has developed a way to stop aging by taking treatments from a device that measures the speed of light. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Reprinted | in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #17 (June 1975) |
Script | Carl Wessler |
Pencils | Ed Winiarski |
Inks | Ed Winiarski |
Synopsis | Strange explosions at Mt. Rushmore lead a scientist to postulate that people from another dimension, parallel to Earth's, are creating a monument to one of their great men. |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Chris Rule |
Inks | Chris Rule |
Reprinted | in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #38 (October 1975) |
Synopsis | An old convict discovers he has the power to materialize objects. His cellmate threatens him into materializing three guns and a car to make a jailbreak. They almost succeed when their guns disappear. He thinks that the old man made their guns vanish, but the warden informs him that the old man actually died just as they were about to make their escape. |
Pencils | Joe Certa |
Inks | Joe Certa |
Characters | Shelton |
Synopsis | When a man finds out that a locksmith is in possession of magic keys given to him by a gypsy, he steals the keys and uses them to open doors that lead to treasure rooms and beautiful locations. The last key he tries, however, is a jail key which deposits him in a cell and causes the key ring to disappear. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Richard Doxsee |
Inks | Richard Doxsee |
Reprinted | in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #16 (December 1974) |
Characters | Gus Harris; Mr. Peters |
Synopsis | A boy without a family is given a vial filled with music, but squanders the inspiration of it. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Joe Maneely |
Inks | Joe Maneely |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustrations. |
Reprinted | from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956) #6 (March 1957) |
Characters | Capt. Yates; Frisco |
Synopsis | A ship runs afoul of a group of criminals that have gained superhuman power due to an atomic test. The criminals try to destroy the ship, but the side effect of their interference destroys their island and them with it. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Sam Kweskin |
Inks | Sam Kweskin |