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Issue Details

Issue #15
Published December 1958
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in September 1958. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "He Stole Fifty Years!"

Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Chris Rule
Notes All information for this issue supplied by the Atlas/Timely list.

4 page story "The Secret of Steven Durham"

Characters Clark Wendall; Steven Durham [Carl Durham]; Prof. Crane
Synopsis A man's friend realizes that he has developed a way to stop aging by taking treatments from a device that measures the speed of light.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Reprinted in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #17 (June 1975)

4 page story "He Stole 50 Years"

Script Carl Wessler
Pencils Ed Winiarski
Inks Ed Winiarski

3 page story "Mystery Of The Mountain"

Synopsis Strange explosions at Mt. Rushmore lead a scientist to postulate that people from another dimension, parallel to Earth's, are creating a monument to one of their great men.
Genre horror
Pencils Chris Rule
Inks Chris Rule
Reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #38 (October 1975)

4 page story "Strange Doings In Cell 4-B!"

Synopsis An old convict discovers he has the power to materialize objects. His cellmate threatens him into materializing three guns and a car to make a jailbreak. They almost succeed when their guns disappear. He thinks that the old man made their guns vanish, but the warden informs him that the old man actually died just as they were about to make their escape.
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa

4 page story "The Uncanny Keys"

Characters Shelton
Synopsis When a man finds out that a locksmith is in possession of magic keys given to him by a gypsy, he steals the keys and uses them to open doors that lead to treasure rooms and beautiful locations. The last key he tries, however, is a jail key which deposits him in a cell and causes the key ring to disappear.
Genre occult
Pencils Richard Doxsee
Inks Richard Doxsee
Reprinted in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #16 (December 1974)

2 page text story "The Vial Of Inspiration"

Characters Gus Harris; Mr. Peters
Synopsis A boy without a family is given a vial filled with music, but squanders the inspiration of it.
Genre occult
Pencils Joe Maneely
Inks Joe Maneely
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustrations.
Reprinted from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956) #6 (March 1957)

4 page story "The Sinister Supermen"

Characters Capt. Yates; Frisco
Synopsis A ship runs afoul of a group of criminals that have gained superhuman power due to an atomic test. The criminals try to destroy the ship, but the side effect of their interference destroys their island and them with it.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Sam Kweskin
Inks Sam Kweskin