Amazing Adult Fantasy #12

(May 1962)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Adult Fantasy Contents / credits / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-636

Content Information

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Indexer Notes

The credits depict Stan Lee covering his face with typed pages and Steve Ditko with an inkpot for a head.

Melvin and the Martian! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Melvin Burns

Synopsis:

A gambling cheat encounters a Martian who offers to give him the secret of never losing if he helps the Martian locate a treasure. The crook accepts, and true to his word, the Martian puts the man under a machine that gives him the ability to know which horse will win the race and how the dice will roll. When he asks the Martian what treasure he is looking for, the Martian mocks him "Haven't you realized yet, brainless earthling? The treasure is you!" and deposits him into a Martian zoo exhibit.

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I, the Gargoyle! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-632

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Alan Swan

Synopsis:

A kind but ugly, and hence lonely, man pilots a digging machine on a one-way journey to the Earth's core where he discovers a civilization who "see with their hearts" and not their eyes in the dim light. They offer him acceptance and love.

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• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #202 ([no date - circa 1978])
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Indexer Notes

Retold in Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #7 (August 1969) as a Tales of the Watcher story by Stan Lee and Howard Purcell.

Something Fantastic? (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-636

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Stan Lee; Steve Ditko

Synopsis:

Lee and Ditko are having a story conference stricken with writer's block when a man walks into their office and offers to discuss ideas with them. They tell him to scram and when he doesn't take the hint, Ditko boots him out the door. The man gets up in the hallway outside and dissolves into sparkles, resolving to return to the fifth dimension as no one seems to be interested in his tales. Meanwhile, as Lee and Ditko mourn the fact that nothing supernatural ever happens to them, they decide to knock off for lunch.

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Indexer Notes

Unusually, this story has the same job number as the contents page. Voted best story in this issue by more than 300 votes, according to Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (August 1962).

The Plague! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-633

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Ramon Corbo

Synopsis:

A dictator comes down with the plague and resolves to take everyone with him by starting a war with a nation he hates, the United States. He shoots down an American plane that crosses his border and requests permission to land. He thinks this will trigger a war, but a messenger gives him a message that causes his heart to fail and he dies. The message said the plane was bearing serum to cure the plague.

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Amazing Adult Fantasy Fan Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (replies)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

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• in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] [Steve Ditko cover] ([August] 2007)

Indexer Notes

An anonymous 16-year old writes from Texas asking if he broke the law by buying the book.

The Living Statues! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-631

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Mike Rugger

Synopsis:

A man pilots a faster than light rocket and when he returns to Earth he finds that everyone appears to be almost motionless as he is still moving faster than light.

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• in Amazing Fantasy Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #[nn] ([August] 2007)

Indexer Notes

This story received the second most votes for best story in this issue, according to Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 series) #15 (August 1962).