Issue | #4 |
Published | September 1961 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands on June 1, 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from the Library of Congress. Additional credits and data from Joseph William Marek (May 24, 2003). |
Characters | Robot X |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ayers (signed) |
Reprinted | in Amazing Adventures Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) |
Characters | Robot X (introduction, origin); Prof. Jonathan Wilkes; Charles J. Wentworth |
Synopsis | The creation of sentient robots provokes a demagogic campaign revealed to be the work of Martian spies. |
Genre | monsters |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ayers (signed) |
Notes | This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"Robot X!" (7 pp). Robot X later appears in Doc Samson (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (April 2006), but this version does not seem the same as the version in this story. Writer credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. |
Reprinted | in Amazing Adventures Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) |
Characters | Henry Conrad; Frances Conrad; the Devil |
Synopsis | A historian writing about the trial and execution of his ancestor for witchcraft interviews the only remaining party concerned in the case: the Devil. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Joe Maneely |
Inks | Joe Maneely |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #2 (August 1952) |
Characters | Simon Sledge |
Synopsis | Simon Sledge is a cruel and heartless businessman who delights in making others suffer. On the way to the biggest deal of his life, one that will eliminate the last of his competition, he stops for a shoeshine. Suddenly his feet are moving away from his destination, taking him far from the deal that will give him a monopoly in his field. He glances back at the bootblack who is revealed as an angel, and who says that when human laws can’t touch someone like Sledge, there are always higher laws. |
Genre | occult |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
Notes | Writer credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. |
Reprinted | in Amazing Adventures Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) |
Characters | Dr. Anthony Droom [later retroactively renamed Doctor Druid] |
Synopsis | Doctor Droom frightens off alien invaders by convincing them that a construction site’s wrecking ball is a life-form. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
Inks | Dick Ayers (signed) |
Notes | Also carries the blurb: "Starring Doctor Droom!" The Doctor Droom feature skips the next issue. Writer credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. |
Reprinted | in Amazing Adventures Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] (2007) |