Crypt of Shadows #19

(September 1975)

I Fought the Colossus! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

[T-463]

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Prof. Reynolds; "Colossus" supercomputer

Synopsis

An advanced supercomputer turns Earth into a utopia, but suspicion remains, only to be inflamed when it is found to be building a giant robot. Humanity turns on the computer and destroys the robot, only to find that it was intended to replace the supercomputer, which breaks down, leaving humanity without its intelligence.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #72 (December 1959)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

The Hidden Martians (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Ayers (signed)

Inks

Dick Ayers ?; Ernie Bache ?

Colors

?

Letters

Dick Ayers

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

[D-215]

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Major Caswell; Bill Hamilton; Fred; Tess

Synopsis

A man charged with detecting hidden Martians is unaware that his girlfriend is one of them.

Reprints

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #14 (November 1953)
• in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #52 ([Décembre 1975])

Earth Will Be Destroyed! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

[T-641]

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Aliens plot to devastate Earth before invading, but they cannot pinpoint its location. They are unaware that they are on Earth as a speck of dust in a petri dish, which is casually discarded.

Reprints

• from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960)
• in L'Incroyable Hulk (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #53 ([décembre 1975]) [N&B [B&W]]

Indexer Notes

This concept was re-used with a single creature in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #18 (April 1961) as "Monsteroso!" drawn by Steve Ditko and in Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) #9 (February 1962 series) as "The Terror of Tim Boo Baa" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Stan Lee is speculatively credited as the writer on the basis of his authorship of the second re-telling.

He Never Reached the Ground! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alfonso Greene

Inks

Alfonso Greene

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Stan Lee (original story)

Job Number

[M-550]

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A man falls 35 floors but disappears at ground level just before impact, saved by a Tibetan mystic indebted to his great-grandfather.

Reprints

• from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #11 (April 1958)

A Frantic, Frenetic Fun-Filled Foray Into the Fable-Fraught Fortress of Fandom's Favorite Fraternity! (Table of Contents: 5)

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan); ?

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items. Stan Lee writes about MGM's Marvelous Wizard of Oz (Marvel, 1975 series) #1. Miscellaneous Marvel news items. Small obituary for Artie Simek, who passed away on February 20, 1975.