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Issue Details

Issue #58
Published May 1960
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in January 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 - "I Found Rro! The Monster From the Bottomless Pit!!"

Characters Rro
Genre monsters
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko

6 page story "Return of the Martian!"

Characters Zetora (death)
Synopsis The imprisoned Martian breaks free and tries to conquer the world. The military is helpless against him, but he eventually succumbs to Earth germs.
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Narrated in the third person. Zetora was introduced in issue #57. Inker credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

6 page story "I Found Rro...The Thing from the Bottomless Pit!"

Characters Rro; Mark Garnett; Martha Garnett
Synopsis A project drilling to the Earth’s core finds a dragon that is met with terrified attacks from humans. It returns home, and humans realize too late that it was intelligent and peaceful.
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby (splash page); Don Heck
Inks ? (splash page); Don Heck
Notes Penciler credit, inker credit, and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

2 page text story "Zero of Time"

Characters John Pearson; Prof. Thomas Benton; Father Time
Synopsis A scientist's machine transports him and a reporter outside of time and into the realm of Father Time.
Genre science fiction
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Adventures Into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #7 (June 1952)

4 page story "They Called Me a Witch!"

Characters Amanda Dalton; John Redmond; Evelyn
Synopsis A woman is accused of being a witch by a woman who wishes to get even for being jilted by her former beau. The man defends her against the accusations, but when he proposes, she turns him down. It turns out the accusations were true.
Genre occult
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Sinnott
Notes The first page is split with the statement of ownership. Inker credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Half page statement of ownership "Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)"

Letters typeset
Notes Shares the first page of "They Called Me a Witch!" Average monthly circulation not printed.

5 page story "Beware!!! Of the Little Toy Men!!"

Synopsis A man says that he is an alien distributing toy men in order to attack Earth, but only one reporter believes him. He convinces others when he explains that he saw a wind-up key in the man's back.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.