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Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	April 1959
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Stan Lee
Notes	Distributed to newstands in January 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "Guardian Of The Stars?"

Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Christopher Rule

5 page story "It Hides in the Forest!"

Pencils	Joe Sinnott
Inks	Joe Sinnott
Notes	Job number and penciler and inker credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Original credits (both pencils and inks): Russ Heath (Joe Sinnott?)

1 page text story "The Stranger"

Synopsis	A painting of a Napoleonic victory parade is mysteriously linked to an eccentric inhabitant of modern Paris.
Genre	occult
Pencils	Joe Maneely
Inks	Joe Maneely
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between "It Hides in the Forest!" and "When a Planet Dies!", while the second page is between "The Brain Picker!" and "Guardian of the Stars!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.
Reprinted	from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #39 (June 1955)

4 page story "When a Planet Dies!"

Pencils	Don Heck
Inks	Don Heck
Notes	Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

4 page story "The Man From Tomorrow!"

Pencils	Carl Burgos
Inks	Carl Burgos
Notes	Penciler credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

5 page story "The Brain Picker!"

Pencils	Matt Baker
Inks	Vince Colletta
Notes	Job number and penciler and inker credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Original credits (pencils and inks): Matt Baker?.

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	This shares the last page of "The Stranger".

5 page story "Guardian of the Stars!"

Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko
Notes	Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.