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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published April 1959
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in January 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "Guardian Of The Stars?"

Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Christopher Rule

5 page story "It Hides in the Forest!"

Pencils Joe Sinnott
Inks Joe Sinnott
Notes Job number and penciler and inker credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Original credits (both pencils and inks): Russ Heath (Joe Sinnott?)

1 page text story "The Stranger"

Synopsis A painting of a Napoleonic victory parade is mysteriously linked to an eccentric inhabitant of modern Paris.
Genre occult
Pencils Joe Maneely
Inks Joe Maneely
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between "It Hides in the Forest!" and "When a Planet Dies!", while the second page is between "The Brain Picker!" and "Guardian of the Stars!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.
Reprinted from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #39 (June 1955)

4 page story "When a Planet Dies!"

Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Notes Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

4 page story "The Man From Tomorrow!"

Pencils Carl Burgos
Inks Carl Burgos
Notes Penciler credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

5 page story "The Brain Picker!"

Pencils Matt Baker
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Job number and penciler and inker credits from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Original credits (pencils and inks): Matt Baker?.

Half page statement of ownership "Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)"

Letters typeset
Notes This shares the last page of "The Stranger".

5 page story "Guardian of the Stars!"

Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassello via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.