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Issue Details

Issue	#14
Published	December 1960
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Stan Lee
Notes	Distributed to newstands in July 1960 This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "Krang!"

Characters	Krang
Genre	monsters
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Steve Ditko
Reprinted	in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

13 page story "I Created Krang!"

Characters	Krang; Prof. Carter; Ludwig
Synopsis	A scientist's formula makes an ant giant and super-intelligent. The ant wants to conquer the world, but is killed by a giant ant-eater.
Genre	monsters
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Dick Ayers
Notes	This story is divided into two chapters: an untitled chapter one (7 pp) and chapter two—"Krang!" (6 pp). This is one of the first two 'feature-length' monster stories published by Marvel (the other was "I Was the Slave of the Living Hulk!" published simultaneously in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #62). Three months later, these stories would be added to all four Marvel SF anthologies, and the next year a fifth series including them would be launched. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted	in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (July 1971); in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #18 (October 1976); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

2 page text article "The Remedy Oil"

Characters	Mrs. Gerrity; Tom Gerrity; Officer O'Malley; Logarithm
Synopsis	An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Marie Severin
Inks	Marie Severin
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with illustrations.
Reprinted	from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #54 (April 1957)

5 page story "Behold! I Am the Master of Time!"

Synopsis	In a black magic book, a thief finds instructions for creating a time machine which runs on electricity, but after robbing people in the 18th century and attempting to return to the 20th, he realizes he is stuck in the past because there is no electricity in the 18th century.
Genre	occult
Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko
Notes	Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. This story is retold in issue #29 (March 1962) as "What Happened to Harry?" drawn by Dick Ayers.
Reprinted	in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #8 (November 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

5 page story "The Thing in Human Form!"

Characters	Ogor; 'John Cummings' [Zeno]
Synopsis	A martian is sent to Earth to kidnap a human scientist who has invented a weapon that Mars wants to use against Jupiter. The Martian is beaten by the scientist, who turns out to be a Jovian agent setting a trap to capture a live Martian.
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Don Heck
Inks	Don Heck
Notes	Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted	in Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #8 [as "The Beast That Walks Like a Man!"] (December 1970); in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #65 [as "La bête qui marche comme un homme!", French translation]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008)