Issue | #4 |
Published | June 1959 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in March 1959. 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. |
Characters | Anton Volochek |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Christopher Rule |
Characters | Glenn Scott; Julie Scott |
Synopsis | In the future the only planet closed to the others is Jupiter, surrounded by an impenetrable force field. A space pilot gets through the field by tempting the inhabitant's curiosity with a black box, which turns out to be empty. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Joe Sinnott |
Inks | Joe Sinnott |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Characters | Mr. Collins; Jim |
Synopsis | A science fiction movie director gets some help from a real alien and flying saucer, but the film bombs when the footage of the saucer is dismissed as too phony-looking. |
Genre | science fiction |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #51 (October 1956) |
Characters | Prof. Dolen ["Merlin"]; King Arthur |
Synopsis | A time traveler journeys into the past seeking Merlin and ends up becoming Merlin. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Synopsis | A man working on a futuristic assembly line panics when he realizes that he has no memory. The factory foreman deactivates him, since this is a common malfunction of overly-advanced robots. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Paul Reinman |
Inks | Paul Reinman |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Characters | Duncan Sloane; Emmerich Fabius; Vincent Stalwart; Alfonso Galvez |
Synopsis | A man invents a machine that allows him to take over anyone's body and tries to use it to gain the perfect life, but finds that he cannot predict what misfortunes may befall the people he takes the place of. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Al Williamson |
Inks | Al Williamson |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Characters | Anton Volochek |
Synopsis | A dissident in a communist country escapes to Mars, but barely escapes from the hostile Martians. When he returns home he is a hero for his journey, and is able to escape to the West, where he warns them of the aliens, and explains that he convinced the communist leadership to go to Mars unarmed, hoping they will be killed. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | John Buscema |
Inks | John Buscema |
Notes | Job number speculative based on other stories' number. |