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Issue Details

Issue #57
Published March 1960
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in November 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "Orogo! The Thing from Beyond!"

Characters Orogo
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks George Klein
Notes Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008.
Reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971)

6 page story "Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!!"

Characters Orogo; Albert Carstairs
Synopsis An alien robot arrives to hypnotically enslave the people of Earth, but is stopped when it cannot hypnotize one old man, a blind man.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Notes Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #2 (April 1966); in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971)

2 page text story "Tricky Travel"

Characters Eli Twiddle; Mr. Hardy
Synopsis A travel agent has the ability to travel in his dreams, but eventually he grows out of it.
Genre occult
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951) #48 (August 1956)

5 page story "The Earth-Crawlers!"

Characters Henry Salt; Martha Salt
Synopsis An inventor with a nagging wife must prevent giant roots resulting from a witch doctor's curse from overrunning Africa. He then turns to inventing a device which will harness the power of his wife's voice.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971)

6 page story "The Metal Monster"

Characters Mr. Mason; Grosko
Synopsis An American engineer ignores the warnings of locals and builds a road through a Gypsy-inhabited wood. On of the gypsies causes his steam shovel to attack him until he agrees to stop building.
Genre occult
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #12 (November 1971)

6 page story "The Martian Who Stole My Body!"

Characters John Warren; Spot; Zetora (introduction, origin)
Synopsis A Martian criminal arrives on earth and switches bodies with a man, but the man's dog can still tell the difference between them, forcing the Martian to switch back.
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Notes Zetora next appears in issue #58. Inker credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #7 (May 1972)