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Issue Details

Issue #133
Published April 1955
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes All information on this issue from www.atlastales.com.

Cover Details - "Maggie!"

5 page story "Meet Maggie"

Synopsis A woman has fantastic luck because she is married to an angel.

2 page text story "The Radio"

Characters Bill Barton; Mr. Sparks
Synopsis A ham radio enthusiast picks up a genie on one frequency but wastes his three wishes before he knows what's happening.
Genre fantasy
Letters typeset
Reprinted in World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (October 1956) [as "Three Wishes"]; in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #77 (February 1962); in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #35 (November 1962); in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #116 (January 1964)

5 page story "The Lonely Little Boy!"

Synopsis A couple get a robot child as a companion for their son, but over time they lose their ability to distinguish between the two of them.
Pencils Vince Colletta
Inks Vince Colletta

4 page story "Inside the Box"

Synopsis A man inherits a fortune and a mystical glass which displays a man's inner self. When he goes down to the pub to choose one of his friends to share his fortune with he is dismayed to see that through the glass, they are all scoundrels. He ends up choosing a derelict that wandered in to warm himself by the fire.

4 page story "The Talking Dog"

Synopsis A dog lets his master in on the secret that dogs can talk, they just choose not to. He regrets his decision when his formerly kind master turns mean because he wants to exhibit his dog to make money and the dog refuses. Eventually they come to take the man away to an asylum and the dog has to look for a new master.

5 page story "The Coward"

Synopsis A nightwatchman who lets a thief escape with the loot because he fears assault is branded a coward and exiled from his city. On the road, he is mistaken for a French general and is taken to the front to fight the Germans. He is afraid to tell them that he is not who they think he is, so he goes along with the duplicity and bolsters their sagging morale so much that the French troops pull a victory from the maw of defeat. He is proclaimed a national hero and he confesses to the crowd that he is not the man they think he is. He sets off down the road once again, but this time with his head held high, as he has finally done one brave thing in his life.
Pencils Mac Pakula
Inks Mac Pakula