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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published August 1956
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Information on this issue supplied by the Timely/Atlas discussion group.

Cover Details - "The Man Who Couldn't Be Touched!"

Pencils Carl Burgos
Inks Carl Burgos

4 page story "The Man Who Couldn't Be Touched!"

Synopsis A scientist correctly predicts atomic war and develops a force field to remain behind. His calculations of its duration are incorrect, however, as he believes the war will last twenty years when it only lasts for months. After twenty years he emerges from behind his force field to learn that a serum has been developed to allow people to live for a thousand years but it has no effect on anyone over thirty.
Pencils Bob Forgione
Inks Jack Abel
Reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #14 (February 1976)

4 page story "The Captive Brain!"

Pencils Ed Winiarski
Inks Ed Winiarski

4 page story "Fight For Life!"

Synopsis Passengers observe how the captain bullies his brother, but when they have to abandon ship and there is only one life preserver left, the captain places it on his brother and forces him over the rail.
Pencils Manny Stallman
Inks Manny Stallman

3 page story "The Spy"

Synopsis An alien from a methane world learns the habits of earthmen to spy upon them for an upcoming invasion. When he returns to his world to give his report, he automatically strikes a match to light a cigarette while waiting.
Pencils Bill Walton
Inks Bill Walton
Reprinted in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #29 (August 1974)

2 page text story "Rocket Time"

Characters Chuck; Gus Farrell; Capt. Zingle
Synopsis A teenager working at an amusement park to help support his family is kind to a mysterious boy, and finds himself rewarded with a real trip to outer space.
Genre science fiction
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #63 (June 1958) [as "The Free Ride"]

4 page story "When The Sun Fell Down!"

Pencils Harry Lazarus
Inks Harry Lazarus

4 page story "The Green Man"

Synopsis Some force on the moon turns an astronaut's face green for twenty-four hours.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Al Williamson (signed)
Inks Al Williamson
Reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #38 (October 1975)