Arrgh!
#2
(February 1975)
Marvel,
1974 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-11-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #112, November 1974.
Gerald's World
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Tom Sutton (credited)
- Pencils
- Tom Sutton (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Sutton (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Tom Sutton
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Gerald Freebish; Frankensteiner; Dr. Jeckle; Mr. Hyde; Thing Kong; Wolfman Thingy; Gadzookla
- Synopsis
- Gerald Freebish spends all of his time watching old horror movies on TV. He watches so much that finally the TV invites him in to be a part of the movie because he doesn't really spend any time in his world. Gerald goes into the movies and is chased by half a dozen monsters. He can still be seen today in the crowd scenes of monster movies.
Bugged!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Russ Jones (credited as Jack Younger)
- Pencils
- Alfredo Alcala (credited)
- Inks
- Alfredo Alcala (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Alfredo Alcala
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- William Small
- Synopsis
- William Small's apartment is overtaken by cockroaches and he is convinced that they are after him. He tries everything he can to kill them but nothing is successful. He finally tries an exterminator he finds in the paper. The exterminator turns out to be a giant cockroach that exterminates humans.
Indexer Notes
Bhob Stewart (on his website Potrzebie on 2010 June 6) states that while Russ Jones usually used "Jack Younger" as a pen name, this story was a solo by Bhob Stewart.
Roy Thomas via email (16 Oct 2010) says the script credit should be Russ Jones [as Jack Younger]
Frank N. Stein
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Everett ?
- Pencils
- Bill Everett (signed as
Bill Everett [dash of the "E" above Bill]) - Inks
- Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett [dash of the "E" above Bill])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Everett
- Job Number
- D-562
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Frank N. Stein; Quasamatter; Frank N. Stein Monster
- Synopsis
- Frank N. Stein and his assistant Quasamatter dig up corpses so that Frank N. Stein can create a monster. It turns out that the corpse they dug up does not have a brain so Quasamatter is sent to get a criminal brain so that they monster will rob for them. He is startled and drops the criminal brain so he brings a regular brain again. Frank N. Stein's Monster is afraid of Quasamatter and runs away. He is too scared to dig up bodies for Frank N. Stein so he ends up being friends with a young girl. Frank N. Stein and Quasamatter end up in a sanitarium.
- Reprints
-
from Crazy (Marvel, 1953 series) #1 (December 1953)
-
Paeans and Self-Plaudits from the Pundits of Pandemonium!
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Gerald's World
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2.
Bugged!
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3.
Frank N. Stein
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4.
Paeans and Self-Plaudits from the Pundits of Pandemonium!
Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Terry Collier
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Darrel McCann
- Steven Rowe
- Mark Rudnitski (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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