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Issue Details

Issue #39
Published June 1955
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "The Rainmaker!"

Pencils Carl Burgos
Inks Carl Burgos
Notes John Romita Sr? Pencil/ink credit removed based on information from www.atlastales.com. [Mike Nielsen 2/2010]

5 page story "The Strange Courage!"

Synopsis A ghost gives a man the inspiration he needs to assert himself.
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito
Notes Ross Andru inker credit changed based on information from www.atlastales.com. Job Number Information from www.atlastales.com.

1 page text story "The Stranger"

Synopsis A painting of a Napoleonic victory parade is mysteriously linked to an eccentric inhabitant of modern Paris.
Genre occult
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #55 (March 1955) [as "Lost in Time"]; in World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #17 (April 1959); in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #18 (April 1961); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (Marvel, 2008)

5 page story "When Lands the Saucer"

Pencils Bob Forgione
Inks Jack Abel
Notes A story motif similar to the film "Mars Needs Women!" Job Number Information from www.atlastales.com.

4 page story "The Horse That Was"

Synopsis A boy's little brother is carried out of the danger of a fire by his toy rocking horse.
Pencils Sol Brodsky
Inks Sol Brodsky
Notes Credits and Job Number Information from www.atlastales.com.

4 page story "Welcome, Martians!"

Synopsis A fundraiser is disappointed that he can't get people to contribute to putting on a proper display of welcome for Martians because he remembers how lonely he felt when he landed his scout spaceship.
Pencils Ed Winiarski
Inks Ed Winiarski
Notes Credits and Job Number Information from www.atlastales.com.

Half page filler "Statement of Ownership"

Letters Typeset
Notes For 1 Oct 1955. Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Monroe Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager. [From www.atlastales.com 2/2010]

5 page story "The Rainmaker!"

Synopsis When a rainmaker is refused payment, the rain doesn't stop.
Pencils Doug Wildey
Inks Doug Wildey
Notes Job Number Information from www.atlastales.com.