Strange Tales #75

(June 1960)

Taboo! The Thing From Murky Swamp! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-673

Content Information

Genre:

monsters

Characters:

Lewis Conrad; Taboo (introduction, origin)

Synopsis:

A popular adventure writer finds a giant mud creature from another planet stranded in a Brazilian swamp. The alien tricks him into bringing all Earth's scientific records for nefarious purposes, but is destroyed by an H-bomb hidden with the records.

Reprinted:

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (March 1970)
• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (December 1975)
• in Monster Masterworks (Marvel, 1989 series) #nn (1989)

Indexer Notes

Taboo next appears in issue #77 (October 1960). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Return of the Totem! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-672

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Totem; Bull Drago (cameo) Hunk (cameo)

Synopsis:

The totem frightens the two convicts into a state of shock, but then goes on a rampage through the reservation and a nearby town. The chieftain concocts a potion to destroy the totem, and succeeds in stopping the monster, though at the cost of his own life.

Reprinted:

• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (December 1975)
• in Monster Menace (Marvel, 1993 series) #4 (March 1994)

Indexer Notes

Continues from last issue. Narrated in the third person. Job number from Steve Grant, 2005-04-20 (Per Sandell ed.)

The Strange Stone (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

H-401

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Johnny

Synopsis:

Johnny finds a magic wishing stone, but wishes it away because magic would make life no fun.

Reprinted:

• from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #41 (January 1956)

Indexer Notes

The first page of this story is printed between "Taboo! The Thing From the Murky Swamp!" and "The Return of the Totem!", while the second page is printed between "Doomsday!" and "I Made the Hulk Live". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.

Doomsday! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Reinman

Inks:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-666

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Lynn; Walter

Synopsis:

Two scientists accidentally release a gas that will kill all life on Earth. An unnatural wind disperses the gas, convincing one of the scientists of the other’s belief in a higher power.

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Shares the last page of "The Strange Stone". Average sales not printed.

I Made The Hulk Live (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-665

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Albert Poole; Blake

Synopsis:

A short and bitter scientist is obsessed with building a powerful giant robot body. He traps himself inside without the means to activate the robot, living out his life on the food which he'd stored inside.

Reprinted:

• in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #22 (September 1976) [as "I Created Grutan!"]

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.