(November 1974)

Marvel, 1973 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
7 times a year
On-sale Date
1974-08-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #109, August 1974.

The Thing That Creeps! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Larry Lieber (signed)
Inks
Tom Palmer
Colors
Tom Palmer ?
Letters
Annette Kawecki ?

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Possible Kawecki credit per Nick Caputo. Original indexer credited John Costanza.

The Terror That Creeps (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Werner Roth
Inks
Werner Roth
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[7282]
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man tries in vain to convince the world that the Sphinx is slowly crawling to the edge of the desert where it will regain its full power to fly and commit atrocities in the name of the evil god Set.
Reprints

The Voices! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Everett
Inks
Bill Everett
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Everett ?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[G-458]
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Three men think they are playing a trick on an old man by broadcasting radio messages that he picks up and believes to be from another planet. They try to send him another message, but something blocks the transmission, and when they break down his door he is missing with only a message pad on the table that says "They have come for me at last!"
Reprints

Those in a Trance (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[K-324]
Genre
crime
Synopsis
A composer finds that he has written a piece of music that has the power to place people into a hypnotic trance and resolves to rob the audience at his next performance. He fails to reckon with the detective who dislikes music, but gets dragged to these things by his wife, and turns off his hearing aid.
Reprints

Sumptuous Scoops About Summer, Spider -- and Softball! (Table of Contents: 4)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items.

The Crooked Stick! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
John Forte
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number
[F-808]
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
The secret of a dowser's success in finding water is that his veins contain not blood, but water.
Reprints

Hey, Hero! Have We Got a Bonus Page to Pick With You! (Table of Contents: 6)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Items, Marvel Value Stampbook coupon, FOOM coupon.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Thing That Creeps!
  2. 1. The Terror That Creeps
  3. 2. The Voices!
  4. 3. Those in a Trance
  5. 4. Sumptuous Scoops About Summer, Spider -- and Softball!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. The Crooked Stick!
  7. 6. Hey, Hero! Have We Got a Bonus Page to Pick With You!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore