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Issue: World of Fantasy #15
Publication Date: December 1958
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Issues: #15 of 19 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Chipiden Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose 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.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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He Stole Fifty Years!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Chris Rule
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All information for this issue supplied by the Atlas/Timely list.
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The Secret of Steven Durham

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #17 [unnamed variant] published June 1975
as The Secret of Steven Durham [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagL'Incroyable Hulk #58 published May 1976
as Le secret de Steven Durham [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-135
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He Stole 50 Years

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Ed Winiarski
Inker(s): Ed Winiarski
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Joe Letterese
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: M-365
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Mystery Of The Mountain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Oleck
Penciller(s): Chris Rule ?
Inker(s): Chris Rule
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #38 published October 1975
as Mystery of the Mountain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L-506
Disclose Notes: Oleck script per Martin O'Hearn: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2019/08/jack-oleck-stories-in-three-atlas-titles.html
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Strange Doings In Cell 4-B!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Oleck
Penciller(s): Joe Certa
Inker(s): Joe Certa ?
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagVault of Evil #19 published June 1975
as Strange Doings in Cell 4-B! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: M-232
Disclose Notes: Oleck script per Martin O'Hearn: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2019/08/jack-oleck-stories-in-three-atlas-titles.html
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The Uncanny Keys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Richard Doxsee (signed)
Inker(s): Richard Doxsee (signed)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagVault of Evil #16 published December 1974
as The Uncanny Keys [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: M-293
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The Vial of Inspiration

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely (illustration)
Inker(s): Joe Maneely (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Gus Harris; Mr. Peters
Synopsis: A boy without a family is given a vial filled with music, but squanders the inspiration of it.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #6 published March 1957
was Vial of Inspiration [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-628
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustrations.
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The Sinister Supermen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sam Kweskin
Inker(s): Sam Kweskin
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: M-271

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