Issue | #10 |
Published | July 1960 |
Frequency | bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in February 1960. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Titano |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Notes | Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, February 2009. Original indexer had not credited an inker. |
Reprinted | in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #7 (September 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Titano; Makau; Cdr. Hartnell; Johnson |
Synopsis | A gigantic, mutant crab is sighted terrorizing various islands in the South Pacific. When the American military learn of this, they assign Commander Hartnell to put a stop to the crustacean threat that has become known as Titano. Hartnell's crew has several encounters with Titano and they eventually lure him to the Arctic. Hartnell maneuvers his ship so deftly that he manages to trap Titano between two giant glaciers. |
Genre | monsters |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Joe Sinnott |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Tower of Shadows (Marvel, 1969 series) #7 (September 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | George Ridley; Monroe Marks; Dr. Willard Seldin; Harry Landau |
Synopsis | A teacher frantically tries to convince people that he saw aliens, but it turns out that they are friendly and make him their ambassador. |
Genre | science fiction |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #12 (June 1953) |
Characters | Kartu |
Synopsis | A derelict claims to be from another world and says that another planet will collide with Earth within days, but he is believed mad. He escapes and decides that he really is insane, hiding in a cave while, unknown to him, astronomers observe a nearby planetary collision and realise that he really was an alien. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Don Heck |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Ted Karson |
Synopsis | A space explorer cannot rid his ship of vicious alien spiders, and is forced to sacrifice himself to save Earth. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Steve Ditko (signed) |
Inks | Steve Ditko (signed) |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
Characters | Simon Drudd; Bentley |
Synopsis | A scientist selfishly uses a youth serum to gain an advantage over other people, but the serum ages him backwards into non-existance. |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Christopher Rule |
Notes | Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (November 1970); in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |