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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published December 1955
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes All information on this issue from www.atlastales.com.

Cover Details - "Man Lost!/Who Walks in the Dark?/The Experiment That Failed!/A Cry For Help!"

Pencils Joe Maneely
Inks Carl Burgos

5 page story "Man Lost!"

Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown

2 page text story "The Sorcerer"

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 Mort Meskin ?
Inks Mort Meskin ?
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted in Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #46 (October 1956) [as "The Traveler"]; in Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #61 (August 1957) [as "Travelling Tom"]; in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #2 (March 1959); in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de PeriĆ³dicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959) [as "El Hechicero", Spanish translation]; in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #12 (October 1960); in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #72 (September 1961); in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #51 (January 1964); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008)

5 page story "Who Walks in the Dark?"

Pencils John Romita, Sr.
Inks John Romita, Sr.

4 page story "The Gift"

Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell

4 page story "Cry for Help!"

Pencils Robert McCarty
Inks Robert McCarty

5 page story "The Experiment that Failed"

Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck