Menace (1953) #4

Marvel 1953–1954 series Cover date Jun 1953

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About this issue

Menace #4 (1953) is issue #4 of Marvel's Menace (1953–1954), with a cover date of June 1953. Written by Stan Lee and drawn by Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Fred Kida and others.

Creators

Writer: Stan Lee
Pencillers: Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Fred Kida, Joe Maneely
Inkers: Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Fred Kida, Joe Maneely
Letterer: Bill Everett
Cover artist: Bill Everett

The stories

“A Vampire Is Born”

This story reveals that Stalin was a vampire.

“Escape to the Moon!”

A spy fails in his effort to steal an element required in the construction of a hydrogen bomb so he knows he faces death if caught by the police or the Communists. He reads of a rocket to the moon and thinks if he can get aboard that he will be safe, but he doesn't realize the test rocket is not large enough to hold a human passenger.

“Genius!”

A super intellect grows tired among life on Earth as mere humans are like children to him when he receives a telepathic message from what appears to be a beautiful woman on Saturn imploring him to build a rocket to journey to her. He does so, but when he arrives she removes her mask to kiss him, revealing herself to be a hideous hag.

“The Madman”

Nurse Jane Bryant arrives at the mysterious Hagstone Sanitarium for a job, but she is really there on a secret mission of her own.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.