Issue | #15 |
Published | January 1961 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in August 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | The Blip |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
Characters | The Blip |
Synopsis | A power drain and radar anomaly is traced to a creature made of electricity hiding in a cave. It claims to be a friendly visitor, but humans attack it and it flees into space. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (January 1971); in Giant-Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (November 1974); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
Characters | Chuck; Gus Farrell; Capt. Zingle |
Synopsis | A teenager working at an amusement park to help support his family is kind to a mysterious boy, and finds himself rewarded with a real trip to outer space. |
Genre | science fiction |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #63 (June 1958) |
Characters | Derek; John; Monga; Uxmal; Antogg |
Synopsis | A white game hunter finds the legendary elephant's graveyard, hoping to make a fortune in ivory. He discovers that elephants were introduced to Earth by Martians, who use the graveyard as a gathering point for the ivory, and won't let him leave. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Don Heck |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (January 1971); in Giant-Size Man-Thing (Marvel, 1974 series) #2, (November 1974); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
Characters | Prof. Karlos Konak; Zuka |
Synopsis | A man threatens a witch unless she hands over two lenses which will make him invisible. She implores him not to try it, but relinquishes the lens. They can be reversed to make the invisible visible once again, but what the man did not expect is that when he becomes invisible to the outside world, the outside world in turn becomes invisible to him. |
Genre | occult |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #8 (December 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
Synopsis | A criminal hides from the police in an old Egyptian tomb, ignoring the warning of a curse. He not only escapes the police, but has a run of luck that makes him rich and happy. Or so he thinks, as the gas in the tomb drove him mad and he is delusional in an Egyptian hospital. |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Paul Reinman |
Inks | Paul Reinman |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (January 1971); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |