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Issue Details

Issue	#53
Published	December 1956
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Stan Lee
Notes	Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Atlas/Timely discussion list.

Cover Details - "The Gray Thing"

Pencils	Bill Everett
Inks	Bill Everett

4 page story "I Died Tomorrow!"

Pencils	Pete Morisi
Inks	Pete Morisi
Reprinted	In Secrets of the Unknown #156 (Alan Class)

4 page story "The Brute!"

Pencils	John Forte
Inks	John Forte
Reprinted	In Secrets of the Unknown #156 (Alan Class)

4 page story "They Crawl By Night!"

Pencils	Vic Carrabotta
Inks	Vic Carrabotta
Reprinted	In Secrets of the Unknown #156 (Alan Class)

4 page story "What Stanley Saw!"

Pencils	Angelo Torres
Inks	Angelo Torres
Reprinted	In Secrets of the Unknown #156 (Alan Class)

2 page text story "The Thirtieth Century"

Characters	Zed; Zack
Synopsis	A boy celebrates the turn of the millenium with a special trip to the moon.
Genre	science fiction
Letters	typeset
Notes	This story is set at the end of the 29th century.
Reprinted	from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #40 (October 1955) [originally titled "The Holiday"]

3 page story "The Gray Thing!"

Pencils	Gene Colan
Inks	Gene Colan

4 page story "The Man Who Crushed Rocks!"

Pencils	Reed Crandall
Inks	Reed Crandall
Reprinted	In Secrets of the Unknown #156 (Alan Class)