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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published March 1959
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in November 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "Robot in Hiding"

Characters Roderic Zante
Genre science fiction
Pencils Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks Steve Ditko (signed)
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006); in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959)

5 page story "Invasion from Outer Space"

Synopsis Alien ships appear over Earth, causing panic. After a failed military strike, the world's leaders disarm at the advice of an old astronomer, who had actually faked the ships to create unity.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Christopher Rule
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006); in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959) [as "Invasión Desde Otros Planetas", Spanish translation]; in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #236

2 page text story "The Sorcerer"

Characters Tom Morton; Jack Morton; Ellen Morton; Johnny Morton
Synopsis A man who has travelled the world and seen wonders performed by hermits in India returns home to find that his young nephew creates magic with only belief.
Genre occult
Pencils Joe Maneely
Inks Joe Maneely
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #1 (December 1955)

5 page story "Trapped in Yesterday!"

Characters Jason Grubb; Prof. Harvey Wilkes
Synopsis A disgruntled janitor uses a time machine to travel to King Arthur's time to pose as a sorcerer using technology. None of it works independently, and he is forced to mop up the great hall.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Bob Forgione ?
Inks Carl Burgos
Notes Narrated in the second person. Inks credit from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006) #1 (2006).
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006); in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959) [as "Preso en el Ayer", Spanish translation]

4 page story "The Planet That Wasn't There!"

Characters Elizabeth
Synopsis The world president insists on missions to find a hidden planet, always leading to failure. When his daughter is killed aboard the latest rocket, the attempts to reach "Earth" are abandoned.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Russ Heath
Inks Russ Heath
Notes Narrated in the second person.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006); in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959) [as "El Planeta Ilusorio", Spanish translation]

4 page story The Secret of Planet "X"!

Characters Josef Kluge; Kirov
Synopsis A dictator conquers an alien world full of unresisting people. He quickly finds that they are already slaves of the sentient plants, which now also control him through their spores.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes Narrated in the second person.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1; in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959) [as "El Secreto del Planeta 'X'", Spanish translation]

5 page story "A Robot in Hiding!"

Characters Roderic Zante; Mr. Hartnell; Mrs. Hartnell; Billy Hartnell
Synopsis When robots are banned, one robot escapes and sneaks into the palace of the dictator who ordered it. He deactivates the leader by pushing a button, since he was actually a rogue robot.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott (signed)
Notes Narrated in the second person. The title seems to refer to the main character, but actually describes Zante.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #1; in Despertar del Mundo, El (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa, 1955 series) #48 (May 31, 1959) [as "El Robot Escondido!", Spanish translation]