Witness #1 – Key Highlights
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Publisher: Marvel Comics (Timely)
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Publication Date: September 1948
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Editor: Stan Lee
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Cover Artist: Charles Nicholas
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Genre: Crime / Mystery
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Pages: 36
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Original Cover Price: $0.10
🔥 Key Significance
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First issue of Witness, introducing a mystery anthology built around stories featuring The Witness.
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Features three crime and mystery stories, all scripted by Stan Lee.
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Interior artwork by Ken Bald and Syd Shores, two artists associated with the Golden Age of Marvel.
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The issue combines supernatural mystery, deadly schemes, and crime drama.
📖 Story Highlights
- “I Spoke to a Dead Man” – 8 pages
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Script by Stan Lee; art by Ken Bald.
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Introduces The Witness, Joe Jameson, and a ghost in a supernatural mystery.
- “The Million Dollar Man-Trap” – 10 pages
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Script by Stan Lee; pencils by Ken Bald; inks by Syd Shores.
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Features Robert Hammer, Paul Murray, and Dean Nye, all identified as characters who die in the story.
- “Cross-Roads” – 9 pages
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Script by Stan Lee; art by Syd Shores.
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Introduces George Murray, whose next appearance is listed in Ideal #4.
📌 Additional Details
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Cover: Charles Nicholas handled both pencils and inks.
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Editorial: Stan Lee.
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Story Credits: All three listed stories are scripted by Stan Lee.
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Page Count: The three featured stories account for 27 pages of the 36-page issue.
Witness #1 is an early Timely-era mystery anthology, featuring three Stan Lee-scripted stories and interior artwork by Ken Bald and Syd Shores.
