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. |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |