Issue Details

Issue	#16
Published	November 1957
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Stan Lee

Cover Details

Characters	Homer
Genre	children
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks	Dan DeCarlo
Reprinted	in Homer the Happy Ghost (Marvel, 1969 series) #3 (March 1970) [altered]

4 page Homer the Happy Ghost story "Citizens are warned to beware of the mad scientist!"

Characters	Homer; Zelda; Melvin; Dugan; Mad Scientist
Synopsis	The gang meets the Mad Scientist, who uses shrinking powder on them.
Genre	children
Script	Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo

1 page Gobby the Greedy Goblin story "Gosh, Dugan is late, so we're one player short for our game!"

Characters	Gobby; Homer; Melvin; Dugan; Zelda
Synopsis	Gobby wants to do everything on the baseball team.
Genre	children
Script	Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo

1 page Melvin the Mixed-Up Ghost story "Need any help, mister?"

Characters	Melvin
Synopsis	Melvin is kind of dumb.
Genre	children
Script	Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo

3 page Homer the Happy Ghost story "Homer, are you going to leave your room looking like that?"

Characters	Homer; Poppa; Momma; Melvin; Dugan
Synopsis	Homer's parents argue with him about cleaning his room.
Genre	children
Script	Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo

1 page Snappy the Ghost Dog story "Gee, this is pretty tough!"

Characters	Snappy; Homer
Synopsis	Snappy doesn't think much of Homer's archery skills.
Genre	children
Script	Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo

3 page Melvin the Mixed-Up Ghost story "Melvin, this is Mister Keyboard!"

Characters	Melvin; Mrs. Muddle; Mr. Keyboard
Synopsis	Melvin's mom wants him to take piano lessons.
Genre	children
Script	Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo

1 page Homer the Happy Ghost activity "Homer's Coloring Page"

Genre	children
Script	Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo
Notes	coloring contest

1 page Momma and Poppa Ghost story "Come on, Poppa, time for bed!"

Characters	Momma; Poppa
Synopsis	Momma nags Poppa.
Genre	children
Script	Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo

1 page Dugan the Dead End Ghost story "Hi, Homer, what are ya carryin' that umbrella for?"

Characters	Dugan; Homer; Alice
Synopsis	Dugan laughs at Homer but the joke is on him.
Genre	children
Script	Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo

1 page Homer the Happy Ghost story "Boy, I feel happy with my new camera!"

Characters	Homer; Zelda
Synopsis	Homer makes a big mistake.
Genre	children
Script	Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo

2 page text story "Treasure Trunk"

Genre	children
Pencils	John Severin ? (illustration)
Inks	John Severin ? (illustration)
Colors	? (illustration)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Art credits from the Atlas Tales website.
Reprinted	from Crazy (Marvel, 1953 series) #5 (April 1954) [original title: Rose-Colored Glasses]

1 page Zelda the Scatter-Brained Witch story "Hi, Zelda!"

Characters	Zelda; Homer
Synopsis	Zelda wins a prize (but it's by default).
Script	Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo

1 page activity "Coloring Contest Winners"

Script	Stan Lee ?
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo (illustrations)
Inks	Dan DeCarlo (illustrations)
Notes	Page lists 50 winners of the recent coloring contests.

5 page Homer the Happy Ghost story "Gosh, wouldn't it be wonderful if we had a million dollars?"

Characters	Homer; Zelda; Dugan; Melvin
Synopsis	Zelda conjures up a treasure map but the hunt turns out to be pretty scary.
Genre	children
Script	Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo