Issue | #2 |
Published | March 1959 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in November 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Roderic Zante |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006); in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959) |
Synopsis | Alien ships appear over Earth, causing panic. After a failed military strike, the world's leaders disarm at the advice of an old astronomer, who had actually faked the ships to create unity. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Christopher Rule |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006); in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959) [as "Invasión Desde Otros Planetas", Spanish translation]; in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #236 |
Characters | Tom Morton; Jack Morton; Ellen Morton; Johnny Morton |
Synopsis | A man who has travelled the world and seen wonders performed by hermits in India returns home to find that his young nephew creates magic with only belief. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Joe Maneely |
Inks | Joe Maneely |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #1 (December 1955) |
Characters | Jason Grubb; Prof. Harvey Wilkes |
Synopsis | A disgruntled janitor uses a time machine to travel to King Arthur's time to pose as a sorcerer using technology. None of it works independently, and he is forced to mop up the great hall. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Bob Forgione ? |
Inks | Carl Burgos |
Notes | Narrated in the second person. Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006) #1 (2006). |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006); in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959) [as "Preso en el Ayer", Spanish translation] |
Characters | Elizabeth |
Synopsis | The world president insists on missions to find a hidden planet, always leading to failure. When his daughter is killed aboard the latest rocket, the attempts to reach "Earth" are abandoned. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Russ Heath |
Inks | Russ Heath |
Notes | Narrated in the second person. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006); in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959) [as "El Planeta Ilusorio", Spanish translation] |
Characters | Josef Kluge; Kirov |
Synopsis | A dictator conquers an alien world full of unresisting people. He quickly finds that they are already slaves of the sentient plants, which now also control him through their spores. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | Narrated in the second person. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1; in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959) [as "El Secreto del Planeta 'X'", Spanish translation] |
Characters | Roderic Zante; Mr. Hartnell; Mrs. Hartnell; Billy Hartnell |
Synopsis | When robots are banned, one robot escapes and sneaks into the palace of the dictator who ordered it. He deactivates the leader by pushing a button, since he was actually a rogue robot. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Joe Sinnott (signed) |
Inks | Joe Sinnott (signed) |
Notes | Narrated in the second person. The title seems to refer to the main character, but actually describes Zante. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1; in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959) [as "El Robot Escondido!", Spanish translation] |