Issue | #16 |
Published | March 1953 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Genre | Horror |
Pencils | Carl Burgos ? |
Inks | Carl Burgos ? |
Characters | John Ashby; Lillian Ashby |
Synopsis | A woman plans to get rid of her writer husband by taking him to a house supposedly haunted by vampires and shocking his bad heart. She dresses as a vampire, but he recognizes her and thinks it is part of her attempt to add atmosphere for his horror writing, and he isn't scared. A real vampire bites him later in the evening, and when his wife tries again the following night, the man, now a vampire, bites her. |
Genre | Horror |
Pencils | Tony DiPreta (signed) |
Inks | Tony DiPreta (signed) |
Reprinted | in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #12 (August 1974) |
Synopsis | A man receives Yogi training to make objects disappear, and when his friend introduces him to Cartesian skeptical doubt, they both disappear. |
Genre | Horror |
Pencils | Bill Benulis |
Inks | Jack Abel |
Notes | Credit information from www.atlastales.com. |
Reprinted | in Giant-Size Werewolf (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 |
Genre | horror |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | The Second page has a statement of ownership and management, which lists Stan Lee as the editor. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #132 (March 1955) [as "The Visitor!"] |
Pencils | C. C. Beck (signed) |
Inks | C. C. Beck (signed) |
Notes | Half a page of sequential panel art advertising "Mini-Gym". |
Genre | Science Fiction |
Pencils | Ross Andru ? |
Inks | Jack Abel |
Notes | Credit information from www.atlastales.com. |
Reprinted | In Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #145 |
Synopsis | An old man in love with a Gypsy girl murders his rival. The girl continues to moon over the dead man so a Gypsy woman offers to make the old man resemble the man he killed. He goes to the gravesite at night with a picture and the sorceress summons the ghost and commands it to exchange faces with the old man. He rushes off to see the girl, but she screams at his approach, as he now has the face of a corpse several months dead. |
Genre | Horror |
Pencils | Jack Keller (signed) |
Inks | Jack Keller (signed) |
Reprinted | in Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 |
Genre | Horror |
Pencils | Jay Scott Pike (signed) |
Inks | Jay Scott Pike (signed) |
Reprinted | In Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #12 |