After the cancellation of everything but MAD at EC in 1956, Oleck continued writing for Prize as he had been, and soon picked up work at Harvey and Timely/Atlas/pre-Marvel. At Atlas he was in on the early issues of new titles like World of Fantasy and World of Suspense. A look at a longer-running title like Strange Tales shows his tenure didn't predate those titles' mid-1956 beginnings.
The Comics Code was a good year old by the time Oleck started at Atlas. The Atlas Implosion took place with #58 (May/57), so as of #59 (Oct/57) scripts and art were out of inventory. The monster phase begins to show with #67 (Feb/59), with artists Jack Kirby and Don Heck becoming regulars, and newly written scripts by mostly Stan Lee and Larry Lieber becoming necessary.
Jack Oleck scripts
in Strange Tales
| July/56 | #48 | The
Last of Mister Grimm |
| Aug/ | #49 | The Animal |
| The Man Who Cried | ||
| Dec/ | #53 | The Man Who Crushed Rocks |
| Jan/57 | #54 | Trapped in the Dark |
| Mar/ | #56 | Something Is on This Ship! |
| Hide-Out | ||
| Nothing Can Stop It | ||
| Apr/ | #57 | You Used to Be Me |
| Murder on His Mind | ||
| Dec/ | #60 | Rude Awakening |
| Feb/58 | #61 | The Laundry Machines |
| The Disappearing Man | ||
| Menace of the Mirror | ||
| Apr/ | #62 | The Invaders |
| It Happened That Night | ||
| Alone in the Night | ||
| June/ | #63 | He Never Came Out |
| Oct/ | #65 | Afraid to Open the Door |
