Volume: 1
Price: 0.12 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1962-02-08
Editing: Stan Lee (editor)
This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: MC
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, January-June 1962, page 175, registration number B951306. February 27 on sale date according to Bob Bailey.

The Martian Who Stole a City!

comic story / 7 pages


  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The first person it happens to is Bill Gordon!
Characters:
Bill Gordon; Bobby Carter; Mr. Carter; Mrs. Carter
Synopsis:
A Martian steals a city piece by piece, until a young boy figures out that it is vulnerable to light.
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

Script, inks and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Mystery Mansion

text story / 1.75 pages

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

  • Genre:science fiction
  • Job Number:H-396
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There was something peculiar about the old Catlett estate.
Characters:
Sam Catlett; Caspar; Ben Rump; Bill Rump
Synopsis:
A local millionaire secludes himself from his old bowling buddies as he becomes wealthier, but they discover that he misses them so much that he has invented a robotic bowling alley.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

The first page is printed between the pages of "The Martian Who Stole a City!", while the second page is printed between "It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop...Or Was It??!" and "The Thing In the Locked Room!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership. Sequence added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Nothing Can Save Us!

comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:science fiction
  • Job Number:V-615
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The year is 2088!
  • Keywords:gyro-stabilizer
Characters:
Capt. Rick Marshall
Synopsis:
Trapped on a small planet a group of space pilots almost kill a space dragon out of fear until they realize that it protects the planet from runaway asteroids.
Reprints (7)

Indexer Notes

The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series)by Lee and Kirby. Script, inks and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop...or Was It??!

comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:V-617
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Muggsy Bogar is a fellow who is very much in demand, as you can see...
Characters:
Muggsy Bogar; Joe the Barber; Bill
Synopsis:
Muggsy Bogar is a crook on the run. A mysterious figure instructs him to hide in a nearby barbershop. He goes in and the barber hides him forever.
Reprints (8)

Indexer Notes

Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo: https://ditko53.rssing.com/chan-12444581/article5.html

The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. Script and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page

Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Average circulation per issue October 1960–September 1961 (issues #26–36, despite monthly cover dates): 184,635. This shares the last page of "Mystery Mansion".

The Thing in the Locked Room!

comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:V-616
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Time is running out!
Characters:
Prince Zemu
Synopsis:
Prince Zemu takes a strange painting as part of his booty, only to discover it saps his life and youth from him.
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

Script and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

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