Marvel Boy #1 CGC 8.0 2nd Highest Graded

First issue of Marvel Boy's self-titled series, introducing Bob Grayson and his origin.
Features the origin story of Marvel Boy, a hero sent to Earth from Uranus by his father to combat evil.
Russ Heath provides the cover artwork and illustrates both Marvel Boy stories.
The issue combines superhero adventure, science fiction, espionage, and mystery features.

- “Marvel Boy and the Lost World” – 12 pages

Script by Stan Lee; art by Russ Heath.
The origin of Marvel Boy, also known as Bob Grayson, who is sent to Earth from Uranus by his father to fight evil.
Upon arriving, he discovers a newly risen continent threatened by an international criminal seeking to seize control of it.
The cover also features this story.
Inks: Sol Brodsky? (tentative attribution).

- “Panic!” – 4 pages

A story in which the United Allies trick the Red Asiatic League into surrendering by deliberately inducing panic.
Creator credits are not specified in the supplied details.

- “The Case of the Cat” – 2-page text story

- “Eyes of Death” – 6 pages

Script by Stan Lee; art by Russ Heath.
An accident gives a scientist the ability to see through objects using X-ray vision.

Reprint History:
- “Marvel Boy and the Lost World” was reprinted in Marvel Tales #13 (March 1968), Agents of Atlas (2007), and Marvel Boy: The Uranian #1 (2010).
- “Eyes of Death” was reprinted in Marvel Tales #14 (May 1968).
- “The Case of the Cat” originally appeared in Marvel Tales #96 (June 1950).
Some issue information was supplied by the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Marvel Boy #1 is a notable early Atlas-era Marvel issue, introducing Bob Grayson and launching his adventures as a science-fiction superhero.

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